Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सूर्यवारेण सप्तम्यां फलहस्तः प्रदक्षिणाम् । यः करोति नरस्तस्य ह्यष्टोत्तरशतं द्विज

Transliteration

sūryavāreṇa saptamyāṃ phalahastaḥ pradakṣiṇām | yaḥ karoti narastasya hyaṣṭottaraśataṃ dvija

Translation

On a Sunday, on Saptamī (the seventh lunar day), the man who performs pradakṣiṇā with fruit in his hand—O brāhmaṇa—should complete one hundred and eight circumambulations.

Word by Word

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday (by the Sunday occasion)
• सूर्यवारेण: Karana (Instrument/Time-marker/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūryavāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sūryasya vāraḥ = ‘Sunday’)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh lunar day
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन (तिथिवाचक)

• फलहस्तः: with fruit in hand
• फलहस्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘naraḥ’/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (phalaṃ haste yasya saḥ = ‘having fruit in hand’)

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• तस्य: of him, for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: one hundred and eight
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karma (Implied object/measure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (aṣṭādhikaṃ śatam = ‘one hundred and eight’)

• द्विज: O twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन; एकवचन

Speaker

Janāḥ (continuing response)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura Sūrya-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Puṣpa (addressed as ‘dvija’ in the instruction context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Instructional tableau: a devotee on Sunday Saptamī circumambulates the Sūrya shrine holding fruit, completing 108 pradakṣiṇās.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Saptamī
• Sunday (Sūryavāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined, time-specific worship (kāla-niyama) and reverent action like pradakṣiṇā intensify merit and make devotion effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite is part of the Camatkārapura Sūrya-māhātmya described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pradakṣiṇā on Sunday Saptamī while holding fruit, counting 108 circumambulations.