Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

पुरश्चरणकृत्यायां सप्तम्यां दिवसाधिप । उपवासं करिष्यामि अद्य त्वं शरणं मम

Transliteration

puraścaraṇakṛtyāyāṃ saptamyāṃ divasādhipa | upavāsaṃ kariṣyāmi adya tvaṃ śaraṇaṃ mama

Translation

O Herr des Tages (Sūrya), an dieser Saptamī, die für das Puraścaraṇa-Ritual bestimmt ist, werde ich fasten; heute bist Du meine Zuflucht.

Word by Word

• पुरश्चरणकृत्यायाम्: on the puraścaraṇa-observance
• पुरश्चरणकृत्यायाम्: अधिकरण (Time/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरश्चरण + कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: अधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिवसाधिप: O lord of the day (Sun)
• दिवसाधिप: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपवासम्: fasting
• उपवासम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• करिष्यामि: I will do; I will observe
• करिष्यामि: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: अधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (as the mantra/instructional utterance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puraścaraṇa Saptamī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya (Divasādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king stands or sits facing the rising Sun, hands folded, declaring the Puraścaraṇa Saptamī fast and seeking refuge in the Lord of the Day.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fasting joined with surrender to Sūrya turns an outward rite into heartfelt refuge (śaraṇāgati).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse is a devotional mantra addressed to Sūrya within the vrata instructions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on the Puraścaraṇa Saptamī, accompanied by invocation of Sūrya as refuge.