Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

रविवारे रवेर्यात्रा षष्ठ्यां वारविसंयुजि । तथैव रविसप्तम्यां सर्वविघ्नोपशांतये

Transliteration

ravivāre raveryātrā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vāravisaṃyuji | tathaiva ravisaptamyāṃ sarvavighnopaśāṃtaye

Translation

Am Sonntag soll man die Pilgerfahrt zu Ravi, der Sonne, unternehmen. Ebenso, wenn die Ṣaṣṭhī (der sechste Mondtag) mit einem Sonntag zusammenfällt, und auch an der Ravi-saptamī – zur völligen Besänftigung aller Hindernisse.

Word by Word

• ravivāre: on Sunday
• ravivāre: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravivāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; कालवाचक (on Sunday)

• raveḥ: of Ravi (the Sun)
• raveḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धः

• yātrā: pilgrimage/rite
• yātrā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; विषय/कर्तृस्थानी (elliptic ‘(kāryā)’)

• ṣaṣṭhyām: on the sixth (tithi)
• ṣaṣṭhyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; कालवाचक (on the sixth tithi)

• vāra-vi-saṃyuji: when conjoined with the weekday
• vāra-vi-saṃyuji: Adhikarana (Time-Qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāra + vi-saṃyuj (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (ṣaṣṭhyām) — ‘वारैः (दिनविशेषैः) विसंयुजि/संयुते’ (connected with a weekday)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक) = thus/so

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारणार्थक particle) = indeed/just

• ravi-saptamyām: on Ravi-saptamī
• ravi-saptamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi + saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; कालवाचक (on the Sun’s seventh [tithi]/Ravi-saptamī)

• sarva-vighna-upaśāntaye: for the pacification of all obstacles
• sarva-vighna-upaśāntaye: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + vighna + upaśānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम्; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the pacification)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravi-yātrā (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Sunday, pilgrims face the rising sun from a ghat or temple courtyard, offering water-arghya; later they proceed to a Ravi shrine; the air is bright, purifying, and orderly.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Sunday
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Ravi-saptamī
• Vighna (obstacles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timing sacred travel with auspicious weekdays and tithis amplifies the purificatory and protective power of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ravi/Sūrya-associated shrines within the Kāśī yātrā circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Ravi-yātrā on Sundays, especially on Sunday-Ṣaṣṭhī and on Ravi-saptamī for vighna-śānti.