Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

श्राद्धं श्रावण्यामाग्रयणं च चैत्राश्वयुज्यां दशपौर्णमास्याम् । निरूढपशुसवनसौत्रामण्यग्निष्टोमात्यग्निष्टोमाः

Transliteration

śrāddhaṃ śrāvaṇyāmāgrayaṇaṃ ca caitrāśvayujyāṃ daśapaurṇamāsyām | nirūḍhapaśusavanasautrāmaṇyagniṣṭomātyagniṣṭomāḥ

Translation

श्रावण महिन्यात श्राद्ध, आग्रयणविधी, तसेच चैत्र व आश्वयुज महिन्यात दशमी-पौर्णिमेस (अनुष्ठान); आणि निरूढपशु, सवन, सौत्रामणी, अग्निष्टोम व अत्यग्निष्टोम हे यज्ञही आहेत.

Word by Word

• śrāddham: śrāddha (ancestral offering)
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; श्राद्धकर्म

• śrāvaṇyām: in Śrāvaṇī (time)
• śrāvaṇyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मास/तिथि-विशेषे अधिकरण

• āgrayaṇam: āgrayaṇa rite (first-fruits offering)
• āgrayaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgrayaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; यज्ञ/इष्टि-विशेषः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• caitrāśvayujyām: in Caitrī and Āśvayujī (times)
• caitrāśvayujyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caitrī (प्रातिपदिक) + āśvayujī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (caitrī + āśvayujī) — ‘in (the times of) Caitrī and Āśvayujī’

• daśapaurṇamāsyām: on the tenth full-moon (occasion)
• daśapaurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः ‘दश (संख्यया) पौर्णमासी’

• nirūḍhapaśusavanam: Nirūḍha-paśu-savana (a soma-sacrifice component)
• nirūḍhapaśusavanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirūḍha (कृदन्त; √ruh with nis-) + paśu (प्रातिपदिक) + savana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (यागविशेषः)

• sautrāmaṇī: Sautrāmaṇī (sacrifice)
• sautrāmaṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sautrāmaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; यागविशेषः

• agniṣṭomaḥ: Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• agniṣṭomaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अग्नि + स्तोम) यागविशेषः

• ati-agniṣṭomaḥ: Ati-agniṣṭoma (a higher agniṣṭoma)
• ati-agniṣṭomaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावसमासः ‘अत्यग्निष्टोमः’ (agniṣṭoma-plus/extra)

• āḥ: —
• āḥ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: (प्रथमा-बहुवचन-प्रत्यय)
• Form: एतत् पदं पृथक् न; ‘...agniṣṭomātyagniṣṭomāḥ’ इत्यत्र ‘-āḥ’ प्रथमा-बहुवचन-प्रत्ययः (not an independent pada)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand Vedic sacrificial ground: multiple priests, altars, soma vessels, and a full-moon sky; side panels show Śrāvaṇa śrāddha, Āgrayaṇa first-grain offering, and Caitra/Āśvayuja pūrṇimā observances.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (via śrāddha)
• Agni (implied in agniṣṭoma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (months and lunar days) sanctifies duty; performing śrāddha and yajñas at proper seasons sustains cosmic and ancestral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the passage is a dharma-catalog within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seasonal śrāddha (Śrāvaṇa), āgrayaṇa, full-moon observances, and named Vedic sacrifices such as agniṣṭoma and sautrāmaṇi.