Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठमासे सिते पक्षे तृतीयायां विशेषतः । तत्र गत्वा तु यो भक्त्या पञ्चाग्निं साधयेत्ततः

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhamāse site pakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | tatra gatvā tu yo bhaktyā pañcāgniṃ sādhayettataḥ

Translation

Especialmente no terceiro dia lunar (tṛtīyā) da quinzena clara do mês de Jyeṣṭha, quem for a esse lugar sagrado e, com devoção, praticar ali a austeridade dos cinco fogos—

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठमासे: in the month of Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठमासे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (ज्येष्ठः मासः) ‘in the month of Jyeṣṭha’

• सिते: bright (fortnight)
• सिते: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘पक्षे’ (in the bright/white)

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; तिथि-वाचक (on the third lunar day)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘especially’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having gone’

• तु: then, indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: ‘but/indeed/then’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun: ‘who’)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; साधन/हेतु (instrumental: ‘with devotion’)

• पञ्चाग्निम्: the five-fire rite (pañcāgni)
• पञ्चाग्निम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (five fires)

• साधयेत्: should perform/accomplish
• साधयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should accomplish/perform’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (specific spot unnamed here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-ascetic arrives at a riverbank tīrtha in Jyeṣṭha heat and sits within the pañcāgni: four fires around and the blazing sun above, hands in japa, face serene with devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha
• Śukla Pakṣa
• Tṛtīyā
• Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha
• Pañcāgni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional austerity performed at a revered tīrtha, at an auspicious time, becomes especially spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pañcāgni-tapas (five-fire austerity) on Jyeṣṭha bright-fortnight tṛtīyā after going to the tīrtha.