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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

प्राप्य चाश्वयुजे मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम् । महापातकयुक्तोऽपि मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

prāpya cāśvayuje māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm | ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pūjayitvā maheśvaram | mahāpātakayukto'pi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ఆశ్వయుజ మాసం కృష్ణపక్ష చతుర్దశి నాడు అక్కడికి చేరి, పగలు-రాత్రి అక్కడే నివసించి మహేశ్వరుని పూజిస్తే, మహాపాతకభారంతో ఉన్నవాడైనా నిస్సందేహంగా విముక్తి పొందుతాడు।

Word by Word
प्राप्यhaving reached/obtained
प्राप्य:
Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी-धातु; अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः; अर्थः—‘प्राप्य’ = having obtained/reached
चand
च:
Sambandha (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
आश्वयुजेin (the month of) Āśvayuja
आश्वयुजे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्वयुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मास-नाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
मासिin the month
मासि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
कृष्णपक्षेin the dark fortnight
कृष्णपक्षे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्णपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कृष्णः पक्षः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
चतुर्दशीम्the fourteenth lunar day
चतुर्दशीम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
अहोरात्रोषितःhaving stayed day and night
अहोरात्रोषितः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअहोरात्र + उष् (धातु)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (अहोरात्रे उषितः), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थः—one who has stayed for a day and night
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अर्थः—having become
पूजयित्वाhaving worshipped
पूजयित्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), णिच्-प्रयोगः न; अर्थः—having worshipped
महेश्वरम्Maheśvara (Śiva)
महेश्वरम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (महान् ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
महापातकयुक्तःeven one tainted with great sins
महापातकयुक्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहापातक + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (महापातकेन युक्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (concessive/also)
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): is released
नnot
न:
Sambandha (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
Speaker

Unspecified (phalaśruti/instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mokṣa-oriented Revā-tīrtha (as implied by surrounding section)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on the Narmadā bank during dark-fortnight caturdaśī: dusk-to-dawn lamps, bilva leaves, a Śiva-liṅga shrine, the devotee staying through the night in vowful vigil; river flowing beside the tīrtha steps.

Characters & Entities
Ā
Āśvayuja
K
Kṛṣṇapakṣa
C
Caturdaśī
M
Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

Śiva’s grace, invoked through timed observance and steadfast worship at a sacred setting, overrides even heavy karmic burden.

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha environment of the Revā Khaṇḍa, where an ahorātra stay and worship are praised.

Āśvayuja kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī observance: remain for a full day and night and worship Maheśvara.

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