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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

कार्त्तिक्यां तु विशेषेण वैशाख्यां च नरोत्तम । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहादेवान् स्नात्वा पश्यति तद्दिने

kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa vaiśākhyāṃ ca narottama | brahmaviṣṇumahādevān snātvā paśyati taddine

โอ้บุรุษผู้ประเสริฐ โดยเฉพาะในเดือนการ์ตติกะ และในเดือนไวศาขะด้วย เมื่ออาบน้ำ ณ ตีรถะนั้น ก็ได้เห็นพระพรหม พระวิษณุ และพระมหาเทวะในวันนั้นเอง

kārttikyāmin (the month of) Kārttikī
kārttikyām:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkārttikī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषणार्थक-अव्यय (particle)
viśeṣeṇaespecially
viśeṣeṇa:
Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootviśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (instrumental of manner)
vaiśākhyāmin (the month of) Vaiśākhī
vaiśākhyām:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśākhī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
narottamaO best of men
narottama:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnara + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (narāṇām uttamaḥ)
brahmaBrahmā
brahma:
Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)
viṣṇuViṣṇu
viṣṇu:
Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)
mahādevānMahādevas (great gods)
mahādevān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√snā (स्ना)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
paśyatisees
paśyati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश्)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
taddineon that day
taddine:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tasya dine)

Skanda (deduced: Skanda Purāṇa narrative voice within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: ghat

Listener: naroत्तम (addressed pilgrim/ideal listener)

Scene: A pilgrim at Śuklatīrtha bathes and then beholds a radiant triad—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Mahādeva—appearing as a unified blessing on a Kārttika or Vaiśākha day.

K
Kārttika (month)
V
Vaiśākha (month)
B
Brahmā
V
Viṣṇu
M
Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

Sacred bathing at a tīrtha, especially in auspicious months, grants divine vision and accelerates purification.

The Revā-khaṇḍa context points to Śukla-tīrtha (named explicitly in later verses of this adhyāya).

Snāna (ritual bathing) during Kārttika and Vaiśākha.