Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अमावास्या तपस्यस्य पौषस्यैकादशी तथा । तथाऽषाढस्य दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी

Transliteration

amāvāsyā tapasyasya pauṣasyaikādaśī tathā | tathā'ṣāḍhasya daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī

Translation

อมาวาสยาในเดือนตปัสยะ (ผาลคุณ), เอกาทศีในเดือนเปาษะ, ทศมีในเดือนอาษาฒะ, และสัปตมีในเดือนมาฆะ—กาลเหล่านี้ก็ได้รับสรรเสริญสำหรับพิธีศราทธะแด่บรรพชน

Word by Word

• अमावास्या: new-moon day
• अमावास्या: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तपस्यस्य: of Tapasya (Phālguna)
• तपस्यस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• पौषस्य: of Pauṣa
• पौषस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकादशी: the 11th (tithi)
• एकादशी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आषाढस्य: of Āṣāḍha
• आषाढस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दशमी: the 10th (tithi)
• दशमी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• माघमासस्य: of the month of Māgha
• माघमासस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘माघस्य मासः’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सप्तमी: the 7th (tithi)
• सप्तमी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of amāvāsyā: a dimly lit courtyard with oil lamps; a devotee performs tarpaṇa with darbha and sesame while the moonless sky emphasizes solemnity.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) is a vehicle of merit when used for Pitṛ-sevā through śrāddha and tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting but, in this verse, the glorification centers on calendrical sanctity rather than a named geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing Pitṛ-related rites particularly on Amāvāsyā and other specified tithis across the ritual year.