Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सूर्यवारेण सप्तम्यां फलहस्तः प्रदक्षिणाम् । यः करोति नरस्तस्य ह्यष्टोत्तरशतं द्विज

Transliteration

sūryavāreṇa saptamyāṃ phalahastaḥ pradakṣiṇām | yaḥ karoti narastasya hyaṣṭottaraśataṃ dvija

Translation

Am Sonntag, am Saptamī (siebten Mondtag), soll der Mann, der mit einer Frucht in der Hand die Pradakṣiṇā vollzieht—o Brahmane—hundertacht Umrundungen ausführen.

Word by Word

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday (by the Sunday occasion)
• सूर्यवारेण: Karana (Instrument/Time-marker/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūryavāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sūryasya vāraḥ = ‘Sunday’)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh lunar day
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन (तिथिवाचक)

• फलहस्तः: with fruit in hand
• फलहस्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘naraḥ’/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (phalaṃ haste yasya saḥ = ‘having fruit in hand’)

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• तस्य: of him, for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: one hundred and eight
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karma (Implied object/measure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (aṣṭādhikaṃ śatam = ‘one hundred and eight’)

• द्विज: O twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन; एकवचन

Speaker

Janāḥ (continuing response)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura Sūrya-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Puṣpa (addressed as ‘dvija’ in the instruction context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Instructional tableau: a devotee on Sunday Saptamī circumambulates the Sūrya shrine holding fruit, completing 108 pradakṣiṇās.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Saptamī
• Sunday (Sūryavāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined, time-specific worship (kāla-niyama) and reverent action like pradakṣiṇā intensify merit and make devotion effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite is part of the Camatkārapura Sūrya-māhātmya described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pradakṣiṇā on Sunday Saptamī while holding fruit, counting 108 circumambulations.