Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

पूजाया लभते सौख्यं भवेज्जन्मनिजन्मनि । सप्तम्यां रवियुक्तायां बकुलार्कं स्मरेत्तु यः

Transliteration

pūjāyā labhate saukhyaṃ bhavejjanmanijanmani | saptamyāṃ raviyuktāyāṃ bakulārkaṃ smarettu yaḥ

Translation

بالعبادة ينال المرء السعادة، ولادةً بعد ولادة. ومن يذكر في اليوم القمري السابع إذا وافق يوم الأحد الهيئة المقدسة المسماة «باكولاركا»، ينل فضلاً خاصًّا.

Word by Word

• पूजायाः: of worship
• पूजायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवेत्: would be / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• जन्मनि: in (each) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• रवियुक्तायाम्: (on the seventh) falling on Sunday
• रवियुक्तायाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘रविणा युक्ता’ इति (associated with Sunday/Sun)

• बकुलार्कम्: (the name) Bakulārka
• बकुलार्कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—बकुलस्य अर्कः/बकुलार्कः (name)

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrastive)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Vyāsa (immediately before ‘Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca’; thus Vyāsa is speaking here)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn on Saptamī-Sunday stands facing the rising Sun, offering arghya; a bakula tree shades a small Surya-shrine labeled ‘Bakulārka’.

Characters & Entities

• Bakulārka
• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular worship and mindful remembrance of a sanctified divine form (here, Bakulārka) generate enduring well-being across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakulārka is presented as a sacred locus/manifestation associated with the bakula tree and the Sun within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional remembrance/meditation) of Bakulārka on ravi-yuktā saptamī, alongside pūjā as the general practice.