Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

मासे चाश्वयुजे राजन् कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् । स्नात्वा तत्र विधानेन दीपकानां शतं ददेत्

Transliteration

māse cāśvayuje rājan kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm | snātvā tatra vidhānena dīpakānāṃ śataṃ dadet

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ในเดือนอาศวยุชะ วันจตุรทศีแห่งกฤษณปักษ์ เมื่ออาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้นตามพิธีแล้ว พึงถวายประทีปหนึ่งร้อยดวงเป็นทาน

Word by Word

• māse: in the month
• māse: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• āśvayuje: in (the month of) Āśvayuja
• āśvayuje: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśvayuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kṛṣṇasya pakṣaḥ)

• caturdaśīm: the fourteenth (tithi)
• caturdaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vidhānena: according to the prescribed rite
• vidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• dīpakānām: of lamps
• dīpakānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadet: should give
• dadet: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīra (as per Revākhaṇḍa context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim at a Narmadā ghāṭa at dusk on kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī; after ritual bath, rows of a hundred oil lamps are offered, their reflections trembling on the river.

Characters & Entities

• Āśvayuja
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• Dīpa-dāna
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links sacred time (tithi/month) with sacred place (tīrtha) to intensify the merit of offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā tīrtha of Adhyāya 179, in the Gautameśvara context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the tīrtha on Āśvayuja kṛṣṇa caturdaśī and perform dīpa-dāna of one hundred lamps.