Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णं नित्यमादित्यवासरे । स्नात्वा प्रदक्षिणाः सप्त दत्त्वा पश्यति भास्करम्

Transliteration

yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ nityamādityavāsare | snātvā pradakṣiṇāḥ sapta dattvā paśyati bhāskaram

Translation

Mais celui qui, durant une année entière, chaque dimanche, s’y baigne assidûment, accomplit sept pradakṣiṇā (circumambulations), fait des offrandes et contemple le Soleil—

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; relative pronoun, nominative singular

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; particle

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kaaladhikarana (Duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; accusative singular (duration)

• पूर्णम्: complete
• पूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; adjective agreeing with संवत्सरम्

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रयोगः; adverbial accusative ‘always’

• आदित्यवासरे: on Sundays / on the Sun’s day
• आदित्यवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आदित्यस्य वासरः), पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; locative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्तम्; gerund/absolutive ‘having bathed’

• प्रदक्षिणाः: circumambulations
• प्रदक्षिणाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; accusative plural (object of ‘does/gives’)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-शब्द)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय/अव्ययवत्; indeclinable numeral used adjectivally

• दत्त्वा: having given/performed
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्तम्; gerund ‘having given (performed)’

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; present, 3rd person singular

• भास्करम्: the Sun
• भास्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; accusative singular

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Revākhaṇḍa addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpāla

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee returns every Sunday for a year: sunrise over Narmadā, bathing, seven circumambulations around a shrine, offering gifts, and gazing at the Sun.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, time-bound observance (vrata) combining purity (snāna), devotion (darśana), and generosity (dāna) is praised as a powerful spiritual discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ādityeśvara-related tīrtha within Revā Khaṇḍa (a Narmadā-region sacred site) where Sunday observances are recommended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For one year: Sunday observance with bathing, seven pradakṣiṇās, dāna (offerings/charity), and darśana of Bhāskara (the Sun).