Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अमावास्याव्यतीपातसंक्रांतिग्रहणेषु च । वैधृते पितृमात्रोश्च क्षयाहदिवसेषु च

Transliteration

amāvāsyāvyatīpātasaṃkrāṃtigrahaṇeṣu ca | vaidhṛte pitṛmātrośca kṣayāhadivaseṣu ca

Translation

Demikian juga pada hari Amavasya (bulan gelap), pada Vyatipata, pada hari Saṅkrānti (peralihan suria), ketika gerhana, pada Vaidhṛti, serta pada hari ulang tahun wafat ayah dan ibu—hendaklah dilakukan sedekah dan amalan dharma itu.

Word by Word

• अमावास्या: new-moon day
• अमावास्या: Adhikarana (Locative context via compound; contextual time-marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/संबोधन एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative/Vocative, Singular)

• व्यतीपात: Vyatīpāta (astronomical yoga)
• व्यतीपात: Adhikarana (time-marker; in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• संक्रांति: saṅkrānti (solar ingress)
• संक्रांति: Adhikarana (time-marker; in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रांति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• ग्रहणेषु: during eclipses
• ग्रहणेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Time: on eclipses)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन (Neuter, Locative, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वैधृते: at Vaidhṛti (yoga)
• वैधृते: Adhikarana (time-marker: at Vaidhṛti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• पितृमात्रोः: of (one’s) father and mother
• पितृमात्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive: of father and mother)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; पितृ+मातृ; षष्ठी द्विवचन (Genitive, Dual)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• क्षयाहदिवसेषु: on kṣayāha-days (days of lunar loss)
• क्षयाहदिवसेषु: Adhikarana (time: on the days of kṣayāha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षयाह (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षयाहस्य दिवसाः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन (Masculine, Locative, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a coastal tīrtha, a householder performs tarpaṇa with black sesame and water while an eclipse darkens the sky; elders guide the rite; offerings and charity are prepared nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time matters in Purāṇic dharma; certain calendrical moments intensify the merit of charity and ancestral remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

These timing rules are taught within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, implying enhanced fruit when practiced in/with devotion to the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dāna/ancestral observances on Amāvāsyā, Saṅkrānti, eclipses, Vyatīpāta, Vaidhṛti, and on parents’ death-anniversary days.