Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

सूर्यवारेण सप्तम्यां संप्राप्ते मासि माधवे । नक्षत्रे पितृदैवत्ये शुक्लपक्षे समागते

Transliteration

sūryavāreṇa saptamyāṃ saṃprāpte māsi mādhave | nakṣatre pitṛdaivatye śuklapakṣe samāgate

Translation

Lorsque le dimanche coïncide avec le septième jour lunaire, au mois de Mādhava (Vaiśākha), sous un nakṣatra présidé par les Pitṛ (Ancêtres), et durant la quinzaine claire—

Word by Word

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday (by the Sun’s weekday)
• सूर्यवारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh lunar day
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it has) arrived/occurred
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्- + प्र- + आप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; ‘मासि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• माधवे: Mādhava (month)
• माधवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular); मास-विशेषणरूपेण (name of the month)

• नक्षत्रे: when the lunar mansion is
• नक्षत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• पितृदैवत्ये: having the Pitṛs as presiding deities
• पितृदैवत्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + दैवत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular); विशेषणम्—‘नक्षत्रे’ इति

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• समागते: when it has come/arrived
• समागते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्- + आगत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; ‘शुक्लपक्षे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Mārtaṇḍa observance time)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright Vaiśākha morning: pilgrims gather in white garments, preparing arghya to the rising Sun on Saptamī that falls on Sunday; priests note nakṣatra and pakṣa on a calendar board.

Characters & Entities

• Sunday (Sūryavāra)
• Saptamī
• Mādhava (Vaiśākha)
• Pitṛs
• Śukla-pakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic practice often emphasizes auspicious alignment of time (vāra, tithi, māsa, nakṣatra) to intensify the fruit of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The timing supports the rite connected with the Mārtaṇḍa of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The calendrical requirement: Sunday + Saptamī + Mādhava (Vaiśākha) month + Pitṛ-ruled nakṣatra + bright fortnight.