Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

तस्यामेव तिथौ योगो व्यतीपातो भवेद्यदि । पुष्करंनाम तत्पर्व सूर्यपर्वशताधिकम्

Transliteration

tasyāmeva tithau yogo vyatīpāto bhavedyadi | puṣkaraṃnāma tatparva sūryaparvaśatādhikam

Translation

అదే తిథిలో వ్యతీపాత యోగం కూడా ఏర్పడితే, ఆ పర్వం ‘పుష్కర’మని పిలవబడుతుంది; అది వంద సూర్యపర్వాలకన్నా అధిక ఫలప్రదం।

Word by Word

• tasyām: on that (tithi)
• tasyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: 'indeed/just')

• tithau: on the lunar day
• tithau: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• yogaḥ: (astronomical) yoga
• yogaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• vyatīpātaḥ: Vyatīpāta (yoga)
• vyatīpātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); योगविशेष (name of a yoga)

• bhavet: should occur/is (if)
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय (if)

• puṣkaram: Puṣkara
• puṣkaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'named/called')

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular); 'parva' इति पदस्य विशेषण (that)

• parva: festival/holy occasion
• parva: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• sūrya-parva-śata-adhikam: exceeding a hundred solar festivals
• sūrya-parva-śata-adhikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + parva (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'tat parva' इति पदस्य विशेषण; समासार्थः: सूर्यपर्वाणां शतं ततोऽधिकम् (more than a hundred solar festivals)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (as a named parva in this context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand parva at the tīrtha: crowds bathing, priests chanting, banners and lamps; above, a stylized celestial diagram shows Sun’s ingress and the Vyatīpāta alignment; the day is labeled ‘Puṣkara.’

Characters & Entities

• Vyatīpāta yoga
• Puṣkara-parva
• Sūrya-parva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time itself can be sacred; certain yogas are celebrated as exceptionally merit-giving occasions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The text is in the Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama narrative, but this verse primarily glorifies the Puṣkara-parva timing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Identification of Puṣkara-parva: the specified tithi combined with Vyatīpāta yoga.