Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

माघमासस्य शुक्लायां सप्तम्यां स्त्री नरोऽपि वा । स्नानं कुंडे शुभं कृत्वा भट्टादित्यं प्रपश्यति

Transliteration

māghamāsasya śuklāyāṃ saptamyāṃ strī naro'pi vā | snānaṃ kuṃḍe śubhaṃ kṛtvā bhaṭṭādityaṃ prapaśyati

Translation

Am siebten Tag der hellen Monatshälfte im Monat Māgha, ob Frau oder Mann: Wer im kuṇḍa ein glückverheißendes Bad vollzieht, erblickt Bhaṭṭāditya (den Sonnenherrn).

Word by Word

• māgha-māsasya: of the month Māgha
• māgha-māsasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of the month of Māgha'

• śuklāyām: in the bright fortnight
• śuklāyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuklā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying saptamyām): 'in the bright (fortnight)'

• saptamyām: on the seventh (lunar day)
• saptamyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — तिथिवाचक

• strī: a woman
• strī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि) — 'also/even'

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पबोधक) — 'or'

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kuṇḍe: in the kuṇḍa
• kuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying snānam)

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — 'having done'

• bhaṭṭa-ādityam: Bhaṭṭāditya
• bhaṭṭa-ādityam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaṭṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'Bhaṭṭāditya' (proper name)

• prapaśyati: beholds
• prapaśyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√paś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 'sees/beholds'

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmarūpa-bhava Kuṇḍa near Siddheśa (Bhaṭṭāditya-darśana tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Māgha śukla saptamī, pilgrims—women and men—enter the forest kuṇḍa for auspicious bathing; afterward they behold Bhaṭṭāditya, the Sun Lord, radiant above the trees.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Śukla Saptamī
• Kuṇḍa
• Bhaṭṭāditya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper timing (Māgha Śukla Saptamī) and tīrtha-snān a lead to divine darśana—ritual purity becomes a doorway to grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhaṭṭāditya’s kuṇḍa, a Sun-associated bathing tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing in the kuṇḍa on Māgha bright Saptamī for Bhaṭṭāditya (Sun) darśana.