Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सचैलः क्लिन्नवसनो मौनमास्थाय संयतः । अष्टम्यां वा चतुर्दश्यामुपोष्य विधिवन्नरः

Transliteration

sacailaḥ klinnavasano maunamāsthāya saṃyataḥ | aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmupoṣya vidhivannaraḥ

Translation

สวมอาภรณ์ไว้และปล่อยให้ผ้าเปียกชุ่ม ตั้งมั่นในความสงบเงียบและสำรวมตน บุคคลพึงถืออุโบสถตามแบบแผน ในวันอัษฏมีหรือวันจตุรทศี

Word by Word

• सचैलः: wearing clothes (with garment on)
• सचैलः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति); ‘चैलसहितः’

• क्लिन्नवसनः: with wet garments
• क्लिन्नवसनः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लिन्न-वसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

• मौनम्: silence (vow of silence)
• मौनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having undertaken
• आस्थाय: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘आश्रित्य/स्वीकृत्य’

• संयतः: self-controlled
• संयतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपवासं कृत्वा (having fasted)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: ‘according to rule’)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha (vrata context)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observer stands or sits by the river with wet garments clinging, finger to lips indicating silence, a simple water-pot nearby; the moon phase is shown (Aṣṭamī or Caturdaśī) in the sky; the atmosphere is austere and focused.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭamī
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit at a tīrtha is intensified by austerity—silence, restraint, and fasting performed in a prescribed manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The vrata is described as part of the observances at Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on Aṣṭamī or Caturdaśī, with mauna and self-restraint; maintaining wet garments is also specified.