Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

तस्यामेव तिथौ योगो व्यतीपातो भवेद्यदि । पुष्करंनाम तत्पर्व सूर्यपर्वशताधिकम्

Transliteration

tasyāmeva tithau yogo vyatīpāto bhavedyadi | puṣkaraṃnāma tatparva sūryaparvaśatādhikam

Translation

اور اگر اسی تِتھی میں وْیَتیپات یوگ بھی واقع ہو جائے تو وہ پَرو ‘پُشکر’ کہلاتا ہے—جو سو سورَی پَروؤں سے بھی بڑھ کر ثواب والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tasyām: on that (tithi)
• tasyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: 'indeed/just')

• tithau: on the lunar day
• tithau: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• yogaḥ: (astronomical) yoga
• yogaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• vyatīpātaḥ: Vyatīpāta (yoga)
• vyatīpātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); योगविशेष (name of a yoga)

• bhavet: should occur/is (if)
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय (if)

• puṣkaram: Puṣkara
• puṣkaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'named/called')

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular); 'parva' इति पदस्य विशेषण (that)

• parva: festival/holy occasion
• parva: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• sūrya-parva-śata-adhikam: exceeding a hundred solar festivals
• sūrya-parva-śata-adhikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + parva (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'tat parva' इति पदस्य विशेषण; समासार्थः: सूर्यपर्वाणां शतं ततोऽधिकम् (more than a hundred solar festivals)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (as a named parva in this context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand parva at the tīrtha: crowds bathing, priests chanting, banners and lamps; above, a stylized celestial diagram shows Sun’s ingress and the Vyatīpāta alignment; the day is labeled ‘Puṣkara.’

Characters & Entities

• Vyatīpāta yoga
• Puṣkara-parva
• Sūrya-parva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time itself can be sacred; certain yogas are celebrated as exceptionally merit-giving occasions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The text is in the Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama narrative, but this verse primarily glorifies the Puṣkara-parva timing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Identification of Puṣkara-parva: the specified tithi combined with Vyatīpāta yoga.