Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अष्टकासु च संक्रान्तौ व्यतीपाते तथैव च । श्राद्धकाला इमे सर्वे दत्तमेष्वक्षयं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

aṣṭakāsu ca saṃkrāntau vyatīpāte tathaiva ca | śrāddhakālā ime sarve dattameṣvakṣayaṃ smṛtam

Translation

اَشٹکا کے دنوں میں، سنکرانتی (سورج کے انتقال) پر، اور اسی طرح ویَتیپات میں—یہ سب شرادھ کے اوقات ہیں؛ ان مواقع پر دیا گیا دان پُنّیہ میں اَکشَی (لازوال) سمجھا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• aṣṭakāsu: on the Aṣṭakā days
• aṣṭakāsu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन — ‘on the Aṣṭakā days’

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

• saṃkrāntau: at the saṃkrānti
• saṃkrāntau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkrānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at the saṃkrānti (solar ingress)’

• vyatīpāte: at Vyatīpāta
• vyatīpāte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at Vyatīpāta (astronomical yoga)’

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus/also’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

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

• śrāddha-kālāḥ: śrāddha-times
• śrāddha-kālāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘times for śrāddha’

• ime: these
• ime: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — सर्वनाम; ‘these’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — विशेषण; ‘all’

• dattaṃ: given/offered
• dattaṃ: Karma (Object notion/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘given (offering)’

• eṣu: in these (occasions)
• eṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन — सर्वनाम; ‘in these’

• akṣayam: inexhaustible
• akṣayam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण; ‘imperishable/inexhaustible’

• smṛtam: is said/considered
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘is said/considered’

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ritual specialists mark Saṅkrānti and Vyatīpāta on a pañcāṅga; at a riverbank, offerings of sesame and water are made; donors distribute food—captioned ‘akṣaya’ merit.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭakā
• Saṅkrānti
• Vyatīpāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Giving and offering at potent astronomical junctions is said to yield akṣaya-puṇya—merit that does not diminish.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tirtha is specified; the emphasis is on sacred time-markers recognized in Purāṇic ritual culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Śrāddha and give dāna on Aṣṭakā days, Saṅkrānti, and Vyatīpāta for imperishable merit.