Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

त्वदर्चनान्नृणां कश्चिन्न व्याधिः प्रभविष्यति । भविष्यति न दारिद्र्यं रविवारे त्वदीक्षणात्

Transliteration

tvadarcanānnṛṇāṃ kaścinna vyādhiḥ prabhaviṣyati | bhaviṣyati na dāridryaṃ ravivāre tvadīkṣaṇāt

Translation

Par ton culte, nulle maladie n’atteindra les hommes. Et en te contemplant le dimanche, la pauvreté ne naîtra point.

Word by Word

• tvad-arcanāt: from (the act of) your worship
• tvad-arcanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tvad = ‘your’ + arcanam = ‘worship’), Ablative: ‘from/through your worship’

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• kaścit: any (one)
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• vyādhiḥ: disease
• vyādhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• prabhaviṣyati: will arise/occur
• prabhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता) / द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृपदत्वे (will not exist)

• ravivāre: on Sunday
• ravivāre: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravivāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tvad-īkṣaṇāt: from your sight/glance
• tvad-īkṣaṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (your + seeing), Ablative: ‘from/through your sight’

Speaker

Śiva (most likely, given the next verse says Śiva granted boons; attribution deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mayūkhāditya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers arghya and flowers to an Āditya image; the deity’s radiance dispels sickness and poverty; Sunday atmosphere with morning sun over ghāṭas.

Characters & Entities

• Mayūkhāditya
• Śiva
• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Sunday (Ravivāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship and darśana, aligned with sacred time (Sunday), are presented as channels for health, welfare, and removal of deprivation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mayūkhāditya sacred presence within Kāśī’s holy geography is being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (arcana) of the deity and darśana on Sunday (Ravivāra) are stated as efficacious practices.