Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

अगस्ते रथसप्तम्यां रविवारो यदाप्यते । तदा पादोदके तीर्थे आदिकेशव सन्निधौ

Transliteration

agaste rathasaptamyāṃ ravivāro yadāpyate | tadā pādodake tīrthe ādikeśava sannidhau

Translation

Lorsque, au mois d’Agasta (Bhādrapada), la Ratha-saptamī tombe un dimanche, alors, au tīrtha de Pādodaka, près d’Ādikeśava, s’ouvre une conjoncture sacrée particulière.

Word by Word

• अगस्ते: in (the month) Agasta
• अगस्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; मास/कालवाचक (in the month of Agasta/Bhādrapada contextually)

• रथसप्तम्याम्: on Ratha-saptamī
• रथसप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ + सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; समासः (रथ-सप्तमी = the ‘Ratha-saptamī’ day)

• रविवारः: Sunday
• रविवारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + वार (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः (रवेः वारः = Sunday)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal conjunction: “when”)

• आप्यते: is obtained/occurs
• आप्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु; आप्—प्राप्तौ)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): “is obtained/occurs”

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• पादोदके: in the pādodaka
• पादोदके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + उदक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• आदिकेशव: O Ādi-Keśava
• आदिकेशव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि + केशव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-समर्थे संबोधन-रूप (हे आदिकेशव) — vocative singular used; कर्मधारयः (आदिः केशवः)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka Tīrtha (Ādikeśava-sannidhi)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festival day at Pādodaka: sunrise worship, banners and lamps, devotees moving toward Ādikeśava; a symbolic solar chariot (ratha) motif appears in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Agasta month
• Ratha-saptamī
• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Pādodaka Tīrtha
• Ādikeśava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa highlights sacred timing: certain calendrical alignments intensify the spiritual potency of Kāśī pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka Tīrtha in the vicinity of Ādikeśava in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Ratha-saptamī (especially when it coincides with Sunday) at Pādodaka Tīrtha near Ādikeśava.