Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

चन्द्रमा इति विख्यातः सोमरूपो नृपात्मज । इष्टापूर्ते च संपाति कलाषोडशकेन तु

Transliteration

candramā iti vikhyātaḥ somarūpo nṛpātmaja | iṣṭāpūrte ca saṃpāti kalāṣoḍaśakena tu

Translation

وہ ‘چندرماؔ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے—سوم کی صورت والا؛ اے شہزادے کے فرزند، اور سولہ کلاؤں کے چکر کے ذریعے وہ اِشٹ اور پورت کے پھلوں سے وابستہ ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• candramāḥ: the Moon
• candramāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (प्रातिपदिक: चन्द्रमस्; रूपम्: चन्द्रमा/चन्द्रमाः)

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• vikhyātaḥ: is renowned (as)
• vikhyātaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धः’

• soma-rūpaḥ: having the form of Soma
• soma-rūpaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; रूप-निर्देश), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• nṛpa-ātmaja: O king's son
• nṛpa-ātmaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• iṣṭā-pūrte: in sacrifices and charitable works
• iṣṭā-pūrte: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्वन्द्वः; ‘इष्टं च पूर्तं च’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), द्विवचन/एकवचन-रूपेण प्रयोगः (सामान्यतः ‘इष्टापूर्ते’ इति सप्तमी-द्विवचनम्)

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

• saṃpāti: falls/occurs, comes to (one)
• saṃpāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pat (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kalā-ṣoḍaśakena: by the set of sixteen digits (phases)
• kalā-ṣoḍaśakena: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣoḍaśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; संख्या-सम्बन्ध), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषण-अव्यय (particle)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: continuing address style within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpātmaja (prince’s son) addressed; also earlier address to Deveśī suggests layered audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The divine figure is identified as Candramā/Soma; the waxing and waning sixteen kalās are implied as a luminous cycle linking ritual and charity to merit.

Characters & Entities

• Candramā (Moon)
• Soma
• Iṣṭa
• Pūrta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit from sacrifice and public beneficence is interwoven with cosmic order; the lunar cycle is presented as a carrier of dharmic results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative frame, but it primarily teaches calendrical-dharmic doctrine rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references iṣṭa (Vedic rites) and pūrta (charitable/public works) as sources of merit linked to lunar kalās.