Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

आषाढस्यैव दशमी माघस्यैव तु सप्तमी । श्रावणस्याष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढस्य पूर्णिमा

Transliteration

āṣāḍhasyaiva daśamī māghasyaiva tu saptamī | śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhasya pūrṇimā

Translation

ఆషాఢ దశమి, మాఘ సప్తమి, శ్రావణ కృష్ణ అష్టమి, అలాగే ఆషాఢ పౌర్ణమి— ఇవికూడా పుణ్యతిథులు।

Word by Word

• आषाढस्य: of Āṣāḍha (month)
• आषाढस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: 'indeed/only')

• दशमी: the 10th lunar day (daśamī)
• दशमी: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• माघस्य: of Māgha (month)
• माघस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle)

• तु: and
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: 'and/indeed')

• सप्तमी: the 7th lunar day (saptamī)
• सप्तमी: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रावणस्य: of Śrāvaṇa (month)
• श्रावणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अष्टमी: the 8th lunar day (aṣṭamī)
• अष्टमी: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णा: (in the) dark fortnight
• कृष्णा: Vishesana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); पक्षविशेषण (qualifier: dark fortnight)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector/Modifier (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक (adverb: 'likewise')

• आषाढस्य: of Āṣāḍha
• आषाढस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्णिमा: full-moon day (pūrṇimā)
• पूर्णिमा: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a senior sage/teacher)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Seasonal vignettes for Āṣāḍha (monsoon onset) daśamī and pūrṇimā, Māgha (winter) saptamī, and Śrāvaṇa (monsoon) kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī—devotees at the river performing snāna and tarpaṇa under changing skies.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain lunar days carry special ritual efficacy; aligning Śrāddha with them is praised as dhārmic and fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tirtha is not specified; the passage is a time-list within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It identifies additional auspicious tithis—Daśamī, Saptamī, Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī, and Pūrṇimā—associated with specified months.