Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यां सूर्यवारेण भास्करस्योदयं प्रति । यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं व्याधिग्रस्तो नरो भुवि

Transliteration

saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati | yastatra kurute snānaṃ vyādhigrasto naro bhuvi

Translation

Am siebten Mondtag, wenn er auf einen Sonntag fällt, zur Zeit des Sonnenaufgangs — wer dort badet, selbst ein Mensch, der in dieser Welt von Krankheit bedrängt ist,

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (feminine locative singular)

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday / by the day of the Sun
• सूर्यवारेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (masculine instrumental singular)

• भास्करस्य: of the Sun
• भास्करस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (masculine genitive singular)

• उदयम्: rising, sunrise
• उदयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (masculine accusative singular)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वक/दिशावाचक (indeclinable; towards)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun; nominative singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable; there)

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (3rd person singular, present, middle)

• स्नानम्: bath, bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• व्याधिग्रस्तः: afflicted by disease
• व्याधिग्रस्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रस्त (कृदन्त; ग्रस्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्याधिना ग्रस्तः/व्याधेः ग्रस्तः) (masculine nominative singular; disease-afflicted)

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (feminine locative singular)

Speaker

Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra tīrtha (sunrise snāna-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunrise over a sacred waterbody; pilgrims poised for bath; the sun disk emerging as the key ritual marker; a diseased man approaches with hope.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithfully following tīrtha-vidhi (the prescribed rite at a sacred place and time) is taught as a Dharma-path that transforms suffering into purification.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha later identified in this passage as the Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha tīrtha associated with the Nāgara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at sunrise on Saptamī that falls on Sunday (Ravivāra), oriented to the rising Sun.