Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । आदित्यस्य करिष्यामो यात्रां भाद्रपदे वयम् । सप्तम्यां सूर्यवारेण सर्वदैव समाहिताः

Transliteration

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | ādityasya kariṣyāmo yātrāṃ bhādrapade vayam | saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa sarvadaiva samāhitāḥ

Translation

Die Brāhmaṇas sprachen: „Im Monat Bhādrapada werden wir die Yātrā für Āditya vollziehen. Am siebten Mondtag, wenn er auf einen Sonntag fällt, werden wir sie begehen—stets gesammelt und hingebungsvoll.“

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• आदित्यस्य: of Āditya (Sun)
• आदित्यस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• करिष्यामः: we will do
• करिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage/procession
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भाद्रपदे: in (the month of) Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday (by the Sun-day)
• सूर्यवारेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य वारः)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• समाहिताः: collected/attentive
• समाहिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित (कृदन्त; सम्+आ+धा)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhīṣma (implied by narrative continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas announce a planned Āditya-yātrā in Bhādrapada; they appear organized, carrying ritual items, preparing for a sun-temple procession on Saptamī that falls on Sunday.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Bhādrapada
• Saptamī
• Sūryavāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred observances become powerful when aligned with proper time (tithi-vāra) and performed with steady concentration (samādhāna).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context is a tīrtha-centered festival (yātrā) for Āditya within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact locality is supplied by adjacent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Āditya-yātrā in Bhādrapada on Saptamī when it coincides with Sunday (Sūryavāra), maintaining devotion and mental composure.