Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

श्राद्धं श्रावण्यामाग्रयणं च चैत्राश्वयुज्यां दशपौर्णमास्याम् । निरूढपशुसवनसौत्रामण्यग्निष्टोमात्यग्निष्टोमाः

Transliteration

śrāddhaṃ śrāvaṇyāmāgrayaṇaṃ ca caitrāśvayujyāṃ daśapaurṇamāsyām | nirūḍhapaśusavanasautrāmaṇyagniṣṭomātyagniṣṭomāḥ

Translation

ماہِ شراون میں شرادھ؛ آگرَیَن کی رسم؛ اور چَیتر اور آشوَیُج میں پورنیما کے دن دَش پَورنماسیا—اور ساتھ ہی نِروڑھ پشو، سَوَن، سَوترامَنی، اَگنِشٹوم اور اَتیَگنِشٹوم یَجْن۔

Word by Word

• śrāddham: śrāddha (ancestral offering)
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; श्राद्धकर्म

• śrāvaṇyām: in Śrāvaṇī (time)
• śrāvaṇyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मास/तिथि-विशेषे अधिकरण

• āgrayaṇam: āgrayaṇa rite (first-fruits offering)
• āgrayaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgrayaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; यज्ञ/इष्टि-विशेषः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• caitrāśvayujyām: in Caitrī and Āśvayujī (times)
• caitrāśvayujyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caitrī (प्रातिपदिक) + āśvayujī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (caitrī + āśvayujī) — ‘in (the times of) Caitrī and Āśvayujī’

• daśapaurṇamāsyām: on the tenth full-moon (occasion)
• daśapaurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः ‘दश (संख्यया) पौर्णमासी’

• nirūḍhapaśusavanam: Nirūḍha-paśu-savana (a soma-sacrifice component)
• nirūḍhapaśusavanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirūḍha (कृदन्त; √ruh with nis-) + paśu (प्रातिपदिक) + savana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (यागविशेषः)

• sautrāmaṇī: Sautrāmaṇī (sacrifice)
• sautrāmaṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sautrāmaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; यागविशेषः

• agniṣṭomaḥ: Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• agniṣṭomaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अग्नि + स्तोम) यागविशेषः

• ati-agniṣṭomaḥ: Ati-agniṣṭoma (a higher agniṣṭoma)
• ati-agniṣṭomaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावसमासः ‘अत्यग्निष्टोमः’ (agniṣṭoma-plus/extra)

• āḥ: —
• āḥ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: (प्रथमा-बहुवचन-प्रत्यय)
• Form: एतत् पदं पृथक् न; ‘...agniṣṭomātyagniṣṭomāḥ’ इत्यत्र ‘-āḥ’ प्रथमा-बहुवचन-प्रत्ययः (not an independent pada)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand Vedic sacrificial ground: multiple priests, altars, soma vessels, and a full-moon sky; side panels show Śrāvaṇa śrāddha, Āgrayaṇa first-grain offering, and Caitra/Āśvayuja pūrṇimā observances.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (via śrāddha)
• Agni (implied in agniṣṭoma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (months and lunar days) sanctifies duty; performing śrāddha and yajñas at proper seasons sustains cosmic and ancestral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the passage is a dharma-catalog within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seasonal śrāddha (Śrāvaṇa), āgrayaṇa, full-moon observances, and named Vedic sacrifices such as agniṣṭoma and sautrāmaṇi.