Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

प्रत्यर्कवारं लोलार्कं यः पश्यति शुचिव्रतः । न तस्य दुःखं लोकेस्मिन्कदाचित्संभविष्यति

Transliteration

pratyarkavāraṃ lolārkaṃ yaḥ paśyati śucivrataḥ | na tasya duḥkhaṃ lokesminkadācitsaṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

Wer, in Reinheit und Gelübden stehend, Lolārka an jedem Sonntag schaut, dem wird in dieser Welt niemals Kummer widerfahren.

Word by Word

• प्रत्यर्कवारम्: every Sunday
• प्रत्यर्कवारम्: Kaaladhikarana (Time adverb/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; ‘प्रत्यर्कवारम्’ = प्रत्येकम् अर्कवारम् (every Sunday); कालवाचक अव्यय

• लोलार्कम्: Lolārka (the deity/linga)
• लोलार्कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोलार्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुचिव्रतः: of pure vow, observant
• शुचिव्रतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘शुचि व्रतम् यस्य’ (pure-vowed); qualifies यः

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; genitive of possession

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; subject of future verb

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; deictic pronoun

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• कदाचित्: Kaaladhikarana (Time adverb/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सम्भविष्यति: will arise, will occur
• सम्भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with clean attire and calm demeanor visits Lolārka every Sunday; offers arghya to the sun, lights a lamp, and circumambulates the shrine; the scene repeats like a weekly rhythm.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Āditya/Sūrya
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, disciplined darśana with purity (śuci-vrata) brings protection from worldly grief, showing devotion as a lived practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka—venerated in Kāśī as a solar sacred presence/tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Weekly darśana of Lolārka specifically on Sundays, undertaken with purity and vow-observance.