Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

यथा मम प्रसादेन तच्छृणुध्वं समाहिताः । आषाढ्याः पंचमे पक्षे कन्यासंस्थे दिवाकरे

Transliteration

yathā mama prasādena tacchṛṇudhvaṃ samāhitāḥ | āṣāḍhyāḥ paṃcame pakṣe kanyāsaṃsthe divākare

Translation

เพื่อให้เป็นไปด้วยพระกรุณาของเรา—จงฟังด้วยจิตตั้งมั่น. ในเดือนอาษาฒะ ในปักษ์ที่ห้า เมื่อดวงอาทิตย์สถิต ณ ราศีกันยา (กันย์/เวอร์โก)…

Word by Word

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/उपदेशार्थ)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रसादेन: by (my) grace
• प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• तत्: that (instruction)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (विषय-निर्देश)

• शृणुध्वम्: listen
• शृणुध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• समाहिताः: attentive, composed
• समाहिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+आ+धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘collected/attentive’

• आषाढ्याः: of Āṣāḍha
• आषाढ्याः: Kala (Time specification/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; (आषाढ्याः=of (the month) Āṣāḍha / of Āṣāḍhī tithi—contextual)

• पञ्चमे: in the fifth
• पञ्चमे: Adhikarana (Location in time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पक्षे-विशेषणम्

• पक्षे: fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• कन्या-संस्थे: when (the sun) is in Kanyā (Virgo)
• कन्या-संस्थे: Adhikarana (Time/astrological locus)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था with सम्, ‘being in/placed in’)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; दिवाकरे-विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कन्यायां संस्थः=when (sun) is in Virgo)

• दिवाकरे: in/when the sun
• दिवाकरे: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed audience (plural) instructed to listen attentively; context suggests Pitṛs and/or interlocutors in the mahātmya narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure bestowing ‘prasāda’ while pointing to a sky-map: the sun entering Virgo (Kanyā), lunar fortnight markings, and the month Āṣāḍha indicated on a ritual calendar; listeners sit composed (samāhita).

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Āṣāḍha
• Sun (divākara)
• Kanyā (Virgo)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual efficacy in Purāṇic dharma is closely tied to sacred time (kāla), mapped through lunar months and solar transits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; it is a calendrical setup for the forthcoming rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific time-marker is given: Āṣāḍha and the sun situated in Kanyā (Virgo), with a ‘fifth pakṣa’ reference as in the received text.