Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अष्टकासु च संक्रान्तौ व्यतीपाते तथैव च । श्राद्धकाला इमे सर्वे दत्तमेष्वक्षयं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

aṣṭakāsu ca saṃkrāntau vyatīpāte tathaiva ca | śrāddhakālā ime sarve dattameṣvakṣayaṃ smṛtam

Translation

अष्टका तिथींमध्ये, संक्रांतीस व व्यतीपात योगी—हे सर्व श्राद्धकाळ आहेत. या वेळी दिलेले दान अक्षय फल देणारे मानले आहे।

Word by Word

• aṣṭakāsu: on the Aṣṭakā days
• aṣṭakāsu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन — ‘on the Aṣṭakā days’

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

• saṃkrāntau: at the saṃkrānti
• saṃkrāntau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkrānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at the saṃkrānti (solar ingress)’

• vyatīpāte: at Vyatīpāta
• vyatīpāte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at Vyatīpāta (astronomical yoga)’

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus/also’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

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

• śrāddha-kālāḥ: śrāddha-times
• śrāddha-kālāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘times for śrāddha’

• ime: these
• ime: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — सर्वनाम; ‘these’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — विशेषण; ‘all’

• dattaṃ: given/offered
• dattaṃ: Karma (Object notion/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘given (offering)’

• eṣu: in these (occasions)
• eṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन — सर्वनाम; ‘in these’

• akṣayam: inexhaustible
• akṣayam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण; ‘imperishable/inexhaustible’

• smṛtam: is said/considered
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘is said/considered’

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ritual specialists mark Saṅkrānti and Vyatīpāta on a pañcāṅga; at a riverbank, offerings of sesame and water are made; donors distribute food—captioned ‘akṣaya’ merit.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭakā
• Saṅkrānti
• Vyatīpāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Giving and offering at potent astronomical junctions is said to yield akṣaya-puṇya—merit that does not diminish.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tirtha is specified; the emphasis is on sacred time-markers recognized in Purāṇic ritual culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Śrāddha and give dāna on Aṣṭakā days, Saṅkrānti, and Vyatīpāta for imperishable merit.