Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणो दशमी ज्ञेया रुद्रस्यैकादशी तथा । विष्णुप्रिया द्वादशी च अंतकस्य त्रयोदशी

Transliteration

brahmaṇo daśamī jñeyā rudrasyaikādaśī tathā | viṣṇupriyā dvādaśī ca aṃtakasya trayodaśī

Translation

दशमी तिथिर्ब्रह्मणो ज्ञेया, एकादशी रुद्रस्यापि तथा। द्वादशी विष्णोः प्रिया, त्रयोदशी चान्तकस्य॥

Word by Word

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• daśamī: the tenth (tithi)
• daśamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• jñeyā: is to be known
• jñeyā: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ya (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्तः—भाव्य/विधेय (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• rudrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ekādaśī: the eleventh (tithi)
• ekādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चय/उपपद (also/likewise)

• viṣṇupriyā: dear to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇupriyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu-priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (viṣṇoḥ priyā)

• dvādaśī: the twelfth (tithi)
• dvādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• aṃtakasya: of Antaka (Death/Yama)
• aṃtakasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃtaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• trayodaśī: the thirteenth (tithi)
• trayodaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequential frieze: Daśamī with Brahmā holding Vedas, Ekādaśī with Rudra in meditation, Dvādaśī with Viṣṇu holding śaṅkha-cakra, Trayodaśī with Antaka as a stern time-figure; pilgrims offer lamps and water in a Himalayan shrine setting.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rudra
• Viṣṇu
• Antaka
• Daśamī
• Ekādaśī
• Dvādaśī
• Trayodaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is ritually ordered: time itself is sacralized through divine associations, guiding focused devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tirtha is named; this is a calendrical-dharma passage within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It indicates which deities are especially connected with Daśamī, Ekādaśī, Dvādaśī, and Trayodaśī for worship/observance.