Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

न दरिद्रा न च दुःखार्ता न व्याधि परिपीडिताः । संक्रमेष्वर्कभक्ता ये न विरूपा न दुर्भगाः

Transliteration

na daridrā na ca duḥkhārtā na vyādhi paripīḍitāḥ | saṃkrameṣvarkabhaktā ye na virūpā na durbhagāḥ

Translation

Those who, at the time of saṅkrānti, are devoted to Arka (the Sun) are not poor, not afflicted by sorrow, not tormented by disease; they are neither ugly nor unfortunate.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दरिद्राः: poor
• दरिद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural adjective)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुःखार्ताः: afflicted by sorrow
• दुःखार्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दुःखेन आर्ताः) (masculine nominative plural)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• व्याधि: by disease
• व्याधि: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (masculine instrumental singular; understood: 'by disease')

• परिपीडिताः: oppressed, tormented
• परिपीडिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + √पीड् (धातु) क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle: afflicted) (masculine nominative plural)

• संक्रमेषु: at the saṅkrāntis (solar transitions)
• संक्रमेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masculine locative plural)

• अर्कभक्ताः: devotees of Arka (the Sun)
• अर्कभक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अर्कस्य भक्ताः) (masculine nominative plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (masculine nominative plural relative pronoun)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• विरूपाः: ugly, deformed
• विरूपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural adjective)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दुर्भगाः: unfortunate
• दुर्भगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural adjective)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on a saṅkrānti day, devotees stand on a Kāśī ghāṭ facing the rising sun, offering water (arghya) from cupped hands; the sun’s rays are depicted as healing beams dispelling sickness and sorrow, with the city’s skyline behind.

Characters & Entities

• Arka (Sūrya)
• Saṅkrānti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotion at sacred transitions (saṅkrānti) brings holistic auspiciousness—prosperity, health, and good fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is set in Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s discourse and praises saṅkrānti-based Sun devotion rather than naming a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arka-bhakti (Sun worship) specifically at saṅkrānti times.