Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

रविवारे संक्रमश्चेदुपरागोऽथवाभवेत् । तदा यदर्जितं पुण्यं तदिहाक्षयमाप्यते

Transliteration

ravivāre saṃkramaśceduparāgo'thavābhavet | tadā yadarjitaṃ puṇyaṃ tadihākṣayamāpyate

Translation

Fällt der Tag Ravis (Sonntag) mit einem saṃkrānti (Sonnenübergang) oder einer Finsternis zusammen, so wird das in jener Zeit erworbene puṇya unvergänglich, hier in diesem Leben selbst.

Word by Word

• रविवारे: on Sunday
• रविवारे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रविवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—रवि+वार (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• संक्रमः: (solar) transit
• संक्रमः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: सम्बन्ध (Particle/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle)

• उपरागः: eclipse
• उपरागः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अथवा: or
• अथवा: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-समुच्चय (disjunctive conjunction)

• अभवेत्: should occur
• अभवेत्: क्रिया (Verb/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• अर्जितम्: earned, acquired
• अर्जितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्जित (कृदन्त; √अर्ज् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• इह: here
• इह: देशाधिकरण (Place adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• आप्यते: is obtained
• आप्यते: क्रिया (Verb/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-ghāṭa snāna context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a Gaṅgā ghāṭa in Kāśī at dawn; the sun disk partially veiled (eclipse) or marked by saṃkrānti; devotees offering arghya, lamps, and dāna while priests chant.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Ravi
• Saṃkrānti
• Uparāga (eclipse)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing multiplies dharmic effort—merit gained on especially potent days becomes akṣaya (inexhaustible).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where time, worship, and merit are repeatedly magnified by the sanctity of the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is named; it implies performing dharmic acts (snāna, dāna, japa, pūjā) when Sunday coincides with saṃkrānti or an eclipse.