Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सर्वेषु चैव मासेषु कार्त्तिके च विशेषतः । दापयेत्परया भक्त्या द्विजे स्वाध्यायतत्परे

Transliteration

sarveṣu caiva māseṣu kārttike ca viśeṣataḥ | dāpayetparayā bhaktyā dvije svādhyāyatatpare

Translation

ہر مہینے میں، اور خاص طور پر کارتک کے مہینے میں، اعلیٰ بھکتی کے ساتھ اُس دِویج (برہمن) کو دان دینا چاہیے جو سوادھیائے میں مشغول ہو۔

Word by Word

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; विशेषण (मासेषु)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मासेषु: in the months
• मासेषु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• कार्त्तिके: in (the month of) Kārttika
• कार्त्तिके: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• दापयेत्: should cause (it) to be given
• दापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषण (भक्त्या)

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• द्विजे: to/for a brāhmaṇa
• द्विजे: Adhikarana (Recipient-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; दान-ग्रहण-सम्बन्धे पात्रनिर्देशः

• स्वाध्यायतत्परे: devoted to self-study (Vedic recitation)
• स्वाध्यायतत्परे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाध्याय + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (स्वाध्याये तत्परः)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, within the Yudhiṣṭhira–Mārkaṇḍeya dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kārttika setting with lamps; a brāhmaṇa recites Veda (svādhyāya) while a devotee offers gifts reverently near a riverbank shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika
• Dvija
• Svādhyāya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity, especially in Kārttika, becomes highly meritorious when offered to a worthy recipient devoted to sacred learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), framing Kārttika practices as part of the river-region’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving), with emphasis on giving in Kārttika to a Brāhmaṇa engaged in svādhyāya.