Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

मुनिरुवाच । चैत्रे वा मार्गशीर्षे वा शुक्लपक्षे शुभे दिने । व्रतारंभं प्रकुर्वीत यथावद्गुर्वनुज्ञया

Transliteration

muniruvāca | caitre vā mārgaśīrṣe vā śuklapakṣe śubhe dine | vratāraṃbhaṃ prakurvīta yathāvadgurvanujñayā

Translation

မုနိက ပြောသည်– ချိုင်တြ သို့မဟုတ် မာရ္ဂရှီရ္ษ လတွင်၊ ရှုကလပက္ခ၏ မင်္ဂလာနေ့တစ်နေ့၌၊ ဆရာ၏ ခွင့်ပြုချက်ကို ရယူပြီးနောက် နည်းတကျ ဝရတကို စတင်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (or)

• मार्गशीर्षे: in (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa
• मार्गशीर्षे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गशीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (शुक्लः पक्षः)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (दिने)

• दिने: on a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• व्रतारम्भम्: the beginning of the vow
• व्रतारम्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत + आरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (व्रतस्य आरम्भः)

• प्रकुर्वीत: should commence/perform
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly, as prescribed)

• गुरु: of the teacher
• गुरु: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अनुज्ञया इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः)

• अनुज्ञया: with permission
• अनुज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Muni (blind sage; contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage specifies the proper months and bright-fortnight auspicious day, emphasizing initiation with the guru’s permission.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra
• Mārgaśīrṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma succeeds when performed with right time (kāla) and right guidance (guru-anugraha).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is calendrical and procedural.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Begin the vow in Caitra or Mārgaśīrṣa during the bright fortnight on an auspicious day, with the guru’s permission.