Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

नार्युवाच । अद्य चैकादशी पुण्या सर्वपापक्षयंकरी । उपोषिता सकृद्येन नाकप्राप्तिं करोति सा

Transliteration

nāryuvāca | adya caikādaśī puṇyā sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī | upoṣitā sakṛdyena nākaprāptiṃ karoti sā

Translation

స్త్రీ చెప్పింది—ఈ రోజు పుణ్యమైన ఏకాదశి, అది సమస్త పాపాలను నశింపజేస్తుంది. ఎవడు ఒక్కసారి అయినా ఉపవాసం చేస్తే, అతనికి స్వర్గప్రాప్తి కలుగుతుంది.

Word by Word

• nārī: the woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• ekādaśī: Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• ekādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• puṇyā: holy/meritorious
• puṇyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ekādaśī)

• sarva-pāpa-kṣayaṃ-karī: causing the destruction of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-kṣayaṃ-karī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (धातु) + ṇin/ī (कृदन्त-कर्तृवाचक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (सर्वपापस्य क्षयम् करोति इति)

• upoṣitā: (when) observed as a fast
• upoṣitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√vas (धातु) + kta (क्त) → upoṣita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘(एकादशी) उपोषिता’ = ‘fasted/observed’

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: once)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• nāka-prāptim: attainment of heaven
• nāka-prāptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāka (प्रातिपदिक) + prāpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नाकस्य प्राप्तिः)

• karoti: brings about/causes
• karoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• sā: that (Ekādaśī)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

A woman of the settlement (nāri)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekādaśī (as sacred time) at Revā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The inquirer observing the bathers (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A local woman explains to an inquirer that today is the auspicious Ekādaśī, capable of destroying sins; bathers continue their rites in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Nāka (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ekādaśī fasting purifies the practitioner; disciplined restraint (upavāsa) is praised as a path to merit and higher worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself glorifies Ekādaśī; the broader narrative setting remains the Revā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upoṣa/Upavāsa (fasting) on Ekādaśī is prescribed as highly meritorious.