Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

त्वाष्ट्रमेव च नक्षत्रं संक्रान्तिर्विषुवन्तथा । व्यतीपातस्तथा योगः करणविष्टिरेव च

Transliteration

tvāṣṭrameva ca nakṣatraṃ saṃkrāntirviṣuvantathā | vyatīpātastathā yogaḥ karaṇaviṣṭireva ca

Translation

त्वाष्ट्रं नक्षत्रमेवास्ति, संक्रान्तिर्विषुवं तथा। व्यतीपातोऽपि योगश्च, करणं विष्टिरुच्यते॥

Word by Word

• त्वाष्ट्रम्: (the) Tvāṣṭra (nakṣatra)
• त्वाष्ट्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वाष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (proper/technical designation)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नक्षत्रम्: constellation; lunar mansion
• नक्षत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• संक्रान्तिः: (solar) transit/saṅkrānti
• संक्रान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• विषुवम्: equinox/solstice point (viṣuva)
• विषुवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• व्यतीपातः: vyatīpāta (astronomical conjunction)
• व्यतीपातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• योगः: yoga (astronomical/astrological combination)
• योगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• करणविष्टिः: Viṣṭi (a karaṇa)
• करणविष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण + विष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'करणस्य विष्टिः'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O King (Pārthiva) is addressed in the surrounding verses; likely a rāja as śrotā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred calendar tableau: sages/priests indicating nakṣatra and saṃkrānti on a palm-leaf almanac beside a riverbank altar, with the sun poised at equinox and ritual implements arranged.

Characters & Entities

• Tvāṣṭra
• Saṃkrānti
• Viṣuva
• Vyatīpāta
• Viṣṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred observance includes awareness of cosmic time; Purāṇas link ritual merit to precise calendrical and astronomical markers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa setting where the Padmaka parva’s timing is described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Note the calendrical factors—nakṣatra, saṃkrānti, viṣuva, yoga, and karaṇa—when determining the parva’s special character.