Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अन्यस्यामप्यमावास्यां यः स्नात्वा विजितेन्द्रियः । करोति मनुजः श्राद्धं विधिवन्मन्त्रसंयुतम्

Transliteration

anyasyāmapyamāvāsyāṃ yaḥ snātvā vijitendriyaḥ | karoti manujaḥ śrāddhaṃ vidhivanmantrasaṃyutam

Translation

แม้ในวันอมาวสีอื่นก็ตาม ผู้ใดอาบน้ำแล้วสำรวมอินทรีย์ ชนะกิเลส และประกอบพิธีศราทธะตามแบบแผน พร้อมด้วยมนตร์—

Word by Word

• अन्यस्याम्: on another
• अन्यस्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (locative qualifier)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• अमावास्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• विजितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered his senses
• विजितेन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजित (कृदन्त, √जि धातु) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; इन्द्रियाणि विजितानि यस्य (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभाव)

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• मनुजः: a man
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विधिवत्: according to rule
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• मन्त्रसंयुतम्: accompanied by mantras
• मन्त्रसंयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त, √युज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; मन्त्रैः संयुतम् (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभाव), श्राद्धस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Tīrtha-māhātmya narrator (contextual; likely a sage addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) amāvāsyā-śrāddha tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A restrained pilgrim at the river Revā on amāvāsyā: dawn bath, wet cloth, kuśa grass, a small śrāddha altar with sesame, water-pot, and mantra-recitation posture.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā
• Snāna
• Śrāddha
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual efficacy depends on inner discipline—purity through bathing, self-control, and mantra-guided correctness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha context (Gayāśiras), though this verse emphasizes general Amāvāsyā observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Amāvāsyā, bathe, restrain the senses, and perform śrāddha according to injunctions with the proper mantras.