Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यामथ षष्ठ्यां च पूजनीया दिवाकराः । ये वांछन्ति नराः सत्त्वं परिपंथिविवर्जितम्

Transliteration

saptamyāmatha ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca pūjanīyā divākarāḥ | ye vāṃchanti narāḥ sattvaṃ paripaṃthivivarjitam

Translation

في اليوم القمري السابع، وكذلك في السادس، ينبغي عبادة آلهة الشمس (دِفاكَرَا). فمن أراد قوةً ثابتةً وحياةً خاليةً من العوائق المعادية فليقم بهذه العبادة.

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; काल/तिथि-निर्देशे (locative of time)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle: then/now)

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (lunar day)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; काल/तिथि-निर्देशे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: and)

• पूजनीयाः: to be worshipped, worthy of worship
• पूजनीयाः: Vidhaya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + अनीय (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (अनीयत्-प्रत्यय), विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• दिवाकराः: the Suns (Sun-gods)
• दिवाकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• वाञ्छन्ति: desire
• वाञ्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सत्त्वम्: vitality, strength, goodness
• सत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• परिपन्थि-विवर्जितम्: free from obstacles/hostile impediments
• परिपन्थि-विवर्जितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिपन्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परिपन्थि-सम्बन्धः); विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सत्त्वम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative frame in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvarakuṇḍa (within Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn faces the rising Sun near a sacred pond/ghāṭa, offering arghya with a copper vessel; attendants hold lotus and red cloth; the tīrtha landscape frames the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Divākaras (Sun deities)
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Saptamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Solar worship at a tīrtha is framed as dharmic support for vigor, clarity, and the removal of adversarial hindrances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Amareśvara-kuṇḍa Māhātmya portion of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the Divākaras (solar deities) on Ṣaṣṭhī and Saptamī for strength and freedom from hostile obstacles.