Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अद्य त्वेकादशी पुण्या बालवृद्धैरुपोषिता । मदनैकादशी नाम सर्वपापक्षयंकरी

Transliteration

adya tvekādaśī puṇyā bālavṛddhairupoṣitā | madanaikādaśī nāma sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī

Translation

Hari ini benar-benar Ekādaśī yang suci, dipuasai oleh yang muda dan yang tua. Namanya Madana-Ekādaśī, penghapus segala dosa.

Word by Word

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle: but/indeed)

• ekādaśī: Ekādaśī
• ekādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• puṇyā: holy
• puṇyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bāla-vṛddhaiḥ: by children and the elderly
• bāla-vṛddhaiḥ: Karaṇa (Agent/Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च)

• upoṣitā: observed as a fast
• upoṣitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√vas (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘(एकादशी) उपोषिता’

• madana-ekādaśī: Madana-Ekādaśī
• madana-ekādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madana (प्रातिपदिक) + ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामधेय-तत्पुरुष (मदन-नाम्नी एकादशी)

• nāma: by name/called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable used to indicate name: 'called')

• sarva-pāpa-kṣayaṃ-karī: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-kṣayaṃ-karī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + pāpa + kṣaya + √kṛ + ṇin/ī
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापस्य क्षयम् करोति)

Speaker

Śabarī (reporting to her husband)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madana-Ekādaśī at Revā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śabara (recipient of report)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation that today is Madana-Ekādaśī; young and old are shown fasting—some with folded hands, some entering the river—signifying universal participation.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Madana-Ekādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ekādaśī is a universally accessible vrata; sincere fasting and restraint are celebrated as powerful purifiers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is on the sacred day (Madana-Ekādaśī); the broader Revā region remains the narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upoṣa (fasting) on Madana-Ekādaśī is praised as sarva-pāpa-kṣaya (destroying all sins).