Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

पंचस्वपि च युक्तेषु किमु वक्तव्यमत्र हि । श्रवणं ज्योतिषां श्रेष्ठममा श्रेष्ठा तिथिष्वपि

Transliteration

paṃcasvapi ca yukteṣu kimu vaktavyamatra hi | śravaṇaṃ jyotiṣāṃ śreṣṭhamamā śreṣṭhā tithiṣvapi

Translation

และเมื่อปัจจัยมงคลทั้งห้าประกอบพร้อมกันแล้ว จะกล่าวสิ่งใดอีกเล่า? ในหมู่นักษัตรทั้งหลาย ศรวณะเป็นยอด และในหมู่ตถีทั้งหลาย อามาวัสยาก็ได้รับยกย่องว่ายอดเยี่ยมที่สุด

Word by Word

• pañcasu: in the five (factors)
• pañcasu: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yukteṣu: when (they are) combined
• yukteṣu: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√yuj (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘युक्त’)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘युक्तेषु’ = ‘when combined/connected’

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक सर्वनाम

• u: indeed; then
• u: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: u (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न/उत्कर्षार्थक-अव्यय (enclitic)

• vaktavyam: to be said
• vaktavyam: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) (तव्यत्-प्रत्यय; ‘वक्तव्य’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-भावे (gerundive: ‘to be said’)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• hi: indeed; for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/causal particle)

• śravaṇam: Śravaṇa (nakṣatra)
• śravaṇam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• jyotiṣām: of the nakṣatras/luminaries
• jyotiṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• śreṣṭham: the best
• śreṣṭham: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (विशेषण)

• amā: new-moon day (amāvāsyā)
• amā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अमावास्या (new-moon day)

• śreṣṭhā: the best
• śreṣṭhā: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (विशेषण)

• tithiṣu: among lunar days
• tithiṣu: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial diagram-like backdrop showing tithi and nakṣatra symbols above the sea; pilgrims gather for Amāvasyā dawn rites, lamps glowing against a darkened sky, emphasizing the ‘new-moon’ atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasetu
• Śravaṇa (Nakṣatra)
• Amāvasyā (Amā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic tradition highlights sacred time-alignments as catalysts that magnify the fruit of pilgrimage and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmasetu (Setu), where such auspicious combinations are especially praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prefer performing dharma on Amāvasyā, especially when Śravaṇa nakṣatra and other auspicious factors coincide.