Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

वैधृतौ च व्यतीपाते छायायां कुंजरस्य च । षष्ठ्यां च कपिलाख्यायां तथा हि द्वादशीषु च

Transliteration

vaidhṛtau ca vyatīpāte chāyāyāṃ kuṃjarasya ca | ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca kapilākhyāyāṃ tathā hi dvādaśīṣu ca

Translation

ویدھرتی اور ویتیپات کے یوگوں میں، ‘ہاتھی کے سائے’ کے نام والے دن، کپیلا کہلانے والی ششٹھی میں، اور اسی طرح دوادشی کے دنوں میں (یہاں کیا گیا عمل خاص طور پر مؤثر ہے)۔

Word by Word

• vaidhṛtau: on (the time of) Vaidhṛti
• vaidhṛtau: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaidhṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; योग-विशेष-नाम

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

• vyatīpāte: on (the time of) Vyatīpāta
• vyatīpāte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; योग-विशेष-नाम

• chāyāyām: in the shadow
• chāyāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• kuṃjarasya: of the elephant
• kuṃjarasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṃjara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

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

• ṣaṣṭhyām: on the sixth (lunar day)
• ṣaṣṭhyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

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

• kapilākhyāyām: at (the place/time) called Kapilā
• kapilākhyāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapilā (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुषार्थ: 'kapilā-ākhyā' = 'named Kapilā' (स्थान/तिथि-विशेष)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (explanatory/emphatic particle)

• dvādaśīṣu: on the twelfth (lunar days)
• dvādaśīṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; तिथि-नाम

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–samudra-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-priest points to a pañcāṅga while pilgrims proceed to the confluence; the sky shows symbolic celestial conjunctions, yet the waters glow as purifying; devotees carry dāna baskets and tarpaṇa vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Vaidhṛti
• Vyatīpāta
• Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī
• Dvādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi/yoga) amplifies sacred place; at a praised tīrtha, even specific calendrical moments become especially potent for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Gomatī–Udadhisaṅgama context within Dvārakā Māhātmya (the Gomatī river’s meeting with the ocean near Dvārakā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It highlights particular yogas and tithis as preferred occasions for tīrtha-rites (especially bathing and related observances described in the surrounding verses).