Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

भाद्रपद्यां च यत्षष्ठ्यां पुण्यं सूर्यस्य दर्शने । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति आख्यानश्रवणेन तु

Transliteration

bhādrapadyāṃ ca yatṣaṣṭhyāṃ puṇyaṃ sūryasya darśane | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ākhyānaśravaṇena tu

Translation

Welches Verdienst man durch das Schauen der Sonne am sechsten Tag des Bhādrapada erlangt—dieselbe Frucht gewinnt man schon durch das Hören dieser heiligen Erzählung.

Word by Word

• भाद्रपद्याम्: in (the month of) Bhādrapadā
• भाद्रपद्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of time)

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

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: 'which/that')

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

• पुण्यम्: merit (pious result)
• पुण्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म/फलवाचक

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शने: in/at the sight (viewing)
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तत्-फलम्: that fruit/result
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'its fruit')

• समवाप्नोति: attains/obtains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• आख्यान-श्रवणेन: by hearing the narrative
• आख्यान-श्रवणेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'hearing of the narrative')

• तु: indeed/however
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधबोधक-अव्यय (particle: emphasis/contrast)

Speaker

Narrator (phalaśruti conclusion for the tīrtha-ākhyāna)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in a small assembly listens to a sage reciting a māhātmya; above, the radiant Sun is depicted as if being ‘beheld’ through sound, indicating phala-sāmya between darśana and śravaṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural listening (śravaṇa) can confer the same merit as time-bound ritual observances when done with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Maṇināga Tīrtha-ākhyāna within the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference is made to Sūrya-darśana on Bhādrapada Ṣaṣṭhī; the text elevates ākhyāna-śravaṇa as yielding equivalent fruit.