Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

दिनैस्ते सप्तभिर्यान्ति नाशं स्नानैर्रवेर्दिने । शतभेदप्रभिन्ना ये कुष्ठा बहुविधास्तथा

Transliteration

dinaiste saptabhiryānti nāśaṃ snānairraverdine | śatabhedaprabhinnā ye kuṣṭhā bahuvidhāstathā

Translation

Binnen sieben Tagen gehen sie durch Bäder am Sonntag zugrunde. Selbst die vielen Arten von Aussatz, in hundert Formen unterschieden, werden ebenso überwunden.

Word by Word

• दिनैः: by days; within days
• दिनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सप्तभिः: with seven
• सप्तभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (त्रिलिङ्ग), तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental, Plural); विशेषण (दिनैः इति)

• यान्ति: go, reach
• यान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural)

• नाशम्: destruction, cessation
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• स्नानैः: by baths
• स्नानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• शतभेदप्रभिन्नाः: split into a hundred varieties
• शतभेदप्रभिन्नाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (शतभेदैः प्रभिन्नाः)

• ये: which, those
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• कुष्ठाः: leprosy/skin diseases (kuṣṭha)
• कुष्ठाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• बहुविधाः: of many kinds
• बहुविधाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः—कर्मधारय (बहवः विधाः)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha-bodhaka (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘also/likewise’

Speaker

Devas (collective) speaking within the Revākhaṇḍa narrative context (speaker not explicitly named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence scene: day 1 to day 7—devotees bathing each Sunday-focused cycle; fever flames and dark spots symbolically fade from bodies; by day seven, they stand healthy, offering thanks at the ghāṭa with lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful observance of tīrtha-snანა, especially aligned with sacred time (Sunday), is praised as a powerful purifier that removes even severe afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya’s praised locus is Devakhāta in the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna on Ravi-vāra (Sunday); the verse highlights a seven-day efficacy and extends it to many forms of kuṣṭha.