Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

आषाढस्यैव दशमी माघस्यैव तु सप्तमी । श्रावणस्याष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढस्य पूर्णिमा

Transliteration

āṣāḍhasyaiva daśamī māghasyaiva tu saptamī | śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhasya pūrṇimā

Translation

اسی طرح آषاڑھ کی دشمی، ماگھ کی سپتمی، شراون کے کرشن پکش کی اشٹمی، اور آषاڑھ کی پُورنِما بھی (مبارک) سمجھی گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• आषाढस्य: of Āṣāḍha (month)
• आषाढस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: 'indeed/only')

• दशमी: the 10th lunar day (daśamī)
• दशमी: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• माघस्य: of Māgha (month)
• माघस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle)

• तु: and
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: 'and/indeed')

• सप्तमी: the 7th lunar day (saptamī)
• सप्तमी: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रावणस्य: of Śrāvaṇa (month)
• श्रावणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अष्टमी: the 8th lunar day (aṣṭamī)
• अष्टमी: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णा: (in the) dark fortnight
• कृष्णा: Vishesana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); पक्षविशेषण (qualifier: dark fortnight)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector/Modifier (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक (adverb: 'likewise')

• आषाढस्य: of Āṣāḍha
• आषाढस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्णिमा: full-moon day (pūrṇimā)
• पूर्णिमा: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a senior sage/teacher)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Seasonal vignettes for Āṣāḍha (monsoon onset) daśamī and pūrṇimā, Māgha (winter) saptamī, and Śrāvaṇa (monsoon) kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī—devotees at the river performing snāna and tarpaṇa under changing skies.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain lunar days carry special ritual efficacy; aligning Śrāddha with them is praised as dhārmic and fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tirtha is not specified; the passage is a time-list within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It identifies additional auspicious tithis—Daśamī, Saptamī, Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī, and Pūrṇimā—associated with specified months.