Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

माघमासस्य शुक्लायां सप्तम्यां स्त्री नरोऽपि वा । स्नानं कुंडे शुभं कृत्वा भट्टादित्यं प्रपश्यति

Transliteration

māghamāsasya śuklāyāṃ saptamyāṃ strī naro'pi vā | snānaṃ kuṃḍe śubhaṃ kṛtvā bhaṭṭādityaṃ prapaśyati

Translation

Au septième jour de la quinzaine claire du mois de Māgha, femme ou homme, après avoir accompli le bain propice dans le kuṇḍa, on contemple Bhaṭṭāditya (le Seigneur Soleil).

Word by Word

• māgha-māsasya: of the month Māgha
• māgha-māsasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of the month of Māgha'

• śuklāyām: in the bright fortnight
• śuklāyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuklā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying saptamyām): 'in the bright (fortnight)'

• saptamyām: on the seventh (lunar day)
• saptamyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — तिथिवाचक

• strī: a woman
• strī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि) — 'also/even'

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पबोधक) — 'or'

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kuṇḍe: in the kuṇḍa
• kuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying snānam)

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — 'having done'

• bhaṭṭa-ādityam: Bhaṭṭāditya
• bhaṭṭa-ādityam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaṭṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'Bhaṭṭāditya' (proper name)

• prapaśyati: beholds
• prapaśyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√paś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 'sees/beholds'

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmarūpa-bhava Kuṇḍa near Siddheśa (Bhaṭṭāditya-darśana tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Māgha śukla saptamī, pilgrims—women and men—enter the forest kuṇḍa for auspicious bathing; afterward they behold Bhaṭṭāditya, the Sun Lord, radiant above the trees.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Śukla Saptamī
• Kuṇḍa
• Bhaṭṭāditya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper timing (Māgha Śukla Saptamī) and tīrtha-snān a lead to divine darśana—ritual purity becomes a doorway to grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhaṭṭāditya’s kuṇḍa, a Sun-associated bathing tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing in the kuṇḍa on Māgha bright Saptamī for Bhaṭṭāditya (Sun) darśana.