Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सूर्यवारे तु सम्प्राप्ते भास्करस्योदयं प्रति । सर्वकुष्ठविनिर्मुक्तो जायते सूर्यसंनिभः

Transliteration

sūryavāre tu samprāpte bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati | sarvakuṣṭhavinirmukto jāyate sūryasaṃnibhaḥ

Translation

Quand vient le dimanche, en se tournant vers le lever de Sūrya, on est délivré de toute lèpre et l’on resplendit tel le Soleil lui-même.

Word by Word

• सूर्यवारे: on Sunday
• सूर्यवारे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it has) arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle) सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग

• भास्करस्य: of the Sun (Bhāskara)
• भास्करस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• उदयम्: rising/sunrise
• उदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रति: towards/at
• प्रति: Sambandha-bodhaka (Prepositional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/पूर्वसर्ग; here as preposition ‘towards/at’)

• सर्वकुष्ठविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all leprosy (diseases)
• सर्वकुष्ठविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + vi + nir + muc (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सूर्यसंनिभः: like the sun
• सूर्यसंनिभः: Karta-pradhana-visheshana (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Nārada (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkhatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: घाट पर भक्त पूर्वमुख खड़ा, उगते सूर्य की किरणें जल पर पड़तीं; स्नान के बाद शरीर तेजस्वी; पृष्ठभूमि में हाटकेश्वर-लिंग; आकाश में अरुणोदय।

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Sunday (Sūryavāra)
• Śaṃkhatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place, sacred time, and reverent practice are portrayed as channels of both bodily healing and spiritual radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promised benefit pertains to observance at Śaṃkhatīrtha/Hāṭakeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Facing the sunrise on Sunday (Sūryavāra) in connection with tīrtha practice (contextually, snāna).