Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

सूर्य उवाच । अधुना निर्मलो देहस्तव सांब भविष्यति इहागत्य नरो यस्तु सप्तम्यां रविवासरे । उपवासपरो भूत्वा रात्रौ जागरणे स्थितः

Transliteration

sūrya uvāca | adhunā nirmalo dehastava sāṃba bhaviṣyati ihāgatya naro yastu saptamyāṃ ravivāsare | upavāsaparo bhūtvā rātrau jāgaraṇe sthitaḥ

Translation

Sūrya sprach: Nun, o Sāmba, wird dein Leib makellos rein sein. Und der Mensch, der an diesem Ort am siebten Mondtag (Saptamī), der auf einen Sonntag fällt, herbeikommt, fastet und die Nacht hindurch in wacher Vigil verweilt,—

Word by Word

• सूर्यः: Sun (Sūrya)
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• निर्मलः: pure, spotless
• निर्मलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• देहः: body
• देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सांब: O Sāmba
• सांब: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative form used in address), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• रविवासरे: on Sunday
• रविवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रविवासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• उपवासपरः: devoted to fasting
• उपवासपरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; उपवासे परः (devoted to fasting)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• जागरणे: in vigil, in wakefulness
• जागरणे: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• स्थितः: remaining, staying
• स्थितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūrya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya vrata-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya instructs the vrata: on Saptamī that coincides with Sunday, the pilgrim comes to the kṣetra, fasts, and keeps an all-night vigil, preparing for dawn worship.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Sāmba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined observance—fasting and night vigil—channels devotion into transformative purity and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sāmbāditya sacred spot within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Visit the site on Saptamī that coincides with Sunday; perform upavāsa (fasting) and rātri-jāgaraṇa (night vigil).