Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणो दशमी ज्ञेया रुद्रस्यैकादशी तथा । विष्णुप्रिया द्वादशी च अंतकस्य त्रयोदशी

Transliteration

brahmaṇo daśamī jñeyā rudrasyaikādaśī tathā | viṣṇupriyā dvādaśī ca aṃtakasya trayodaśī

Translation

دشمی تِتھی برہما کی جانی جائے؛ ایکادشی اسی طرح رُدر کی۔ دوادشی وِشنو کو محبوب ہے، اور تریودشی اَنتک (موت) کی ہے۔

Word by Word

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• daśamī: the tenth (tithi)
• daśamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• jñeyā: is to be known
• jñeyā: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ya (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्तः—भाव्य/विधेय (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• rudrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ekādaśī: the eleventh (tithi)
• ekādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चय/उपपद (also/likewise)

• viṣṇupriyā: dear to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇupriyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu-priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (viṣṇoḥ priyā)

• dvādaśī: the twelfth (tithi)
• dvādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

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

• aṃtakasya: of Antaka (Death/Yama)
• aṃtakasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃtaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• trayodaśī: the thirteenth (tithi)
• trayodaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तिथिनाम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequential frieze: Daśamī with Brahmā holding Vedas, Ekādaśī with Rudra in meditation, Dvādaśī with Viṣṇu holding śaṅkha-cakra, Trayodaśī with Antaka as a stern time-figure; pilgrims offer lamps and water in a Himalayan shrine setting.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rudra
• Viṣṇu
• Antaka
• Daśamī
• Ekādaśī
• Dvādaśī
• Trayodaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is ritually ordered: time itself is sacralized through divine associations, guiding focused devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tirtha is named; this is a calendrical-dharma passage within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It indicates which deities are especially connected with Daśamī, Ekādaśī, Dvādaśī, and Trayodaśī for worship/observance.