Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां कार्त्तिक्यां तु विशेषतः । उपोष्य प्रयतो भूत्वा घृतेन स्नापयेच्छिवम्

Transliteration

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ | upoṣya prayato bhūtvā ghṛtena snāpayecchivam

Translation

ในวันอัษฏมีและจตุรทศี—โดยเฉพาะในเดือนการ์ตติกะ—เมื่อถืออุโบสถและสำรวมกายใจให้ผ่องใสแล้ว พึงสรงพระศิวะด้วยฆี (เนยใส)

Word by Word

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (tithi)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kārttikyām: in Kārttikī (month/occasion)
• kārttikyām: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārttikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: indeed/especially
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषणार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

• upoṣya: having fasted
• upoṣya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + √vas/√uṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) from उपवस् (to fast): ‘having fasted’

• prayataḥ: self-controlled, purified
• prayataḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + √yam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of implied agent)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having become’

• ghṛtena: with ghee
• ghṛtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• snāpayet: should bathe (cause to bathe)
• snāpayet: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative: make bathe)

• śivam: Śiva
• śivam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fasting devotee, austere and composed, pours warm ghee in a steady stream over a Śiva-liṅga on Kārttika night; attendants hold lamps and vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika
• Aṣṭamī
• Caturdaśī
• Śiva
• Ghṛta-abhiṣeka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred months like Kārttika amplify devotion; fasting and disciplined worship refine the offering and the worshipper.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gautameśvara-associated Revā tīrtha described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fast (upoṣa) and perform ghṛta-abhiṣeka to Śiva on Aṣṭamī and Caturdaśī, especially in Kārttika.