Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

आश्विने मासि संप्राप्ते रविवारे च सुव्रत । आश्विने भानुवारेण यो जयादित्यमर्चयेत्

Transliteration

āśvine māsi saṃprāpte ravivāre ca suvrata | āśvine bhānuvāreṇa yo jayādityamarcayet

Translation

O du von edlem Gelübde, wenn der Monat Āśvina gekommen ist und es ein Sonntag ist — wer an einem Sonntag im Āśvina Jayāditya (die siegreiche Sonne) verehrt …

Word by Word

• आश्विने: in (the month) Āśvina
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मासि इति विशेषण (in the month of Āśvina)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संप्राप्ते: when arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्√प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle) — 'when (it) has arrived'

• रविवारे: on Sunday
• रविवारे: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रविवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आश्विने: in Āśvina
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (पुनरुक्त) कालाधिकरण

• भानुवारेण: on Sunday
• भानुवारेण: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; 'on Sunday' (instrumental of time)

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

• जयादित्यम्: Jaya-Āditya
• जयादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयादित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाम)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suvrata (addressed as ‘O noble-vowed one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee of firm vow prepares to worship Jayāditya during Āśvina on a Sunday; the sun-disc is prominent, with temple offerings arranged.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Sūrya
• Āśvina
• Ravivāra (Sunday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seasonal sacred time (Āśvina) combined with an auspicious weekday (Sunday) intensifies the merit of Sun-worship performed with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

This verse introduces the Jayāditya worship context; the adjoining verses glorify Koṭitīrtha and related Sun-associated sacred spots.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (arcana) of Jayāditya specifically on Sundays during the month of Āśvina.