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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्र प्रकर्तव्यं माधवे यत्नतो नरैः । स्नानं दानं हरिः पूज्यो ब्राह्मणाश्च विशेषतः । तीर्थे कृतेऽत्र मनुजैः सर्वकामफलप्रदः

Transliteration

tasmādatra prakartavyaṃ mādhave yatnato naraiḥ | snānaṃ dānaṃ hariḥ pūjyo brāhmaṇāśca viśeṣataḥ | tīrthe kṛte'tra manujaiḥ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ

Translation

因此，在摩陀婆月（Mādhava，即Vaiśākha），人们应当在此殷勤修行：圣浴与布施；当礼敬哈利（Hari），尤应尊崇婆罗门。于此圣渡处行此诸业，便赐予世人一切所愿之果。

Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), अपादानार्थे/हेतौ; 'therefore/from that'
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)
प्रकर्तव्यम्should be done
प्रकर्तव्यम्:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कृ (कृ धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तव्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः 'to be done'
माधवेin Mādhava (month of Mādhava)
माधवे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमाधव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
यत्नतःwith effort, diligently
यत्नतः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय, तसिलन्त-क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)
नरैःby men/people
नरैः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
दानम्charity, giving
दानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
हरिःHari (Viṣṇu)
हरिः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
पूज्यःshould be worshipped
पूज्यः:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (पूज् धातु) → पूज्य (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (पूज्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः 'to be worshipped'
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय, तसिलन्त-क्रियाविशेषण
तीर्थेat/in the sacred ford (tīrtha)
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
कृतेwhen performed/done
कृते:
Kriya-vishesana (Circumstantial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (कृ धातु) → कृत (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'when done'
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक
मनुजैःby humans
मनुजैः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
सर्वकामफलप्रदःgiver of the fruits of all desires
सर्वकामफलप्रदः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + काम + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक); प्रद = प्र + दा (दा धातु) → प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वकामानां फलस्य प्रदः)
Speaker

Narrator (Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A structured pilgrimage day: devotees bathe at the ghat, then offer lamps and flowers to Hari in a shrine, distribute alms, and feed brāhmaṇas under a pavilion; the tīrtha is depicted as granting boons symbolically (kalpavṛkṣa/overflowing pot).

Characters & Entities
H
Hari
M
Mādhava (Vaiśākha)
B
Brāhmaṇas
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

Diligent Vaiśākha observance—bathing, charity, Viṣṇu-worship, and honoring Brāhmaṇas—becomes highly fruitful when done at a tīrtha.

A tīrtha within the Ayodhyā Māhātmya section (Ayodhyā sacred region), praised as wish-fulfilling when properly approached.

Snāna (sacred bath), dāna (charity), Hari-pūjā (worship of Viṣṇu), and special honoring of Brāhmaṇas—especially in Vaiśākha.

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