Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे स्नात्वा सोपवासो जितेन्द्रियः । तत्रादित्यमुखं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

candrasūryagrahe snātvā sopavāso jitendriyaḥ | tatrādityamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

S’étant baigné au moment d’une éclipse de lune ou de soleil, jeûnant et maître de ses sens, et y contemplant le visage d’Āditya (le Soleil), on est délivré de toutes les fautes.

Word by Word

• चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे: at the lunar-solar eclipse
• चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + सूर्य + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ग्रहः इति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), तस्मिन् (locative)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having bathed)

• सोपवासः: fasting
• सोपवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—सः उपवासः यस्य/सहितः उपवासेन इति (सोपवासः)

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has controlled the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—जितानि इन्द्रियाणि येन सः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आदित्यमुखम्: the face of the Sun
• आदित्यमुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—आदित्यस्य मुखम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having seen)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: from all sins
• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: Apadana (Ablative sense via Instrumental/अपादान-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वाणि किल्बिषाणि (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual) near Sūryamandira

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasattama (best of kings) implied by surrounding address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a river-ghāṭa during an eclipse, fasting and composed, emerging from the water and turning toward a radiant solar visage (Āditya-mukha) near a Sun-temple; the sky shows eclipse-darkened disc with halo.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austere discipline (fasting, sense-control) joined with sacred observance (eclipse-bath and Sūrya-darśana) leads to deep purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Revā Khaṇḍa, the implied tīrtha setting is the Revā/Narmadā waters where such observances are performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe during a lunar/solar eclipse, fast, restrain the senses, and behold/worship Āditya to gain freedom from sins.