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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यां पूजयेद्यस्तु माघे मास्युषसि प्रिये । सप्तावरान्सप्त पूर्वान्पितॄन्सोप्युद्धरेन्नरः

Transliteration

saptamyāṃ pūjayedyastu māghe māsyuṣasi priye | saptāvarānsapta pūrvānpitṝnsopyuddharennaraḥ

Translation

Ô bien-aimée, quiconque accomplit le culte à l’aube, le jour de Saptamī du mois de Māgha, par ce mérite élève et délivre même ses ancêtres : sept générations en arrière et sept générations en avant.

Word by Word
सप्तम्याम्on the seventh (lunar day)
सप्तम्याम्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘सप्तमी’ (तिथि) = Locative singular
पूजयेत्should worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should worship’
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis/contrast
माघेin (the month of) Māgha
माघे:
Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमाघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; month-name
मासिin the month
मासि:
Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in the month’
उषसिat dawn
उषसि:
Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘at dawn’
प्रियेO beloved
प्रिये:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत्/अविकारी; here qualifying ‘अवरान्’
अवरान्later (descendants/ancestors after)
अवरान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘later/younger (ancestors)’
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत्/अविकारी; here qualifying ‘पूर्वान्’
पूर्वान्former (ancestors)
पूर्वान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘former/earlier’
पितॄन्the forefathers
पितॄन्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; irregular stem ‘pitṛ’
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय; ‘also/even’
उद्धरेत्should deliver/raise up
उद्धरेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-हृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should lift up/deliver’
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Māgha Saptamī Sūrya-pūjā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Priye / Maheśvarī (addressed as ‘priye’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At first light of Māgha Saptamī, devotees worship Sūrya; behind them, a symbolic chain of ancestors (seven prior) and descendants (seven future) are shown being lifted by sunbeams, indicating uddhāra.

Characters & Entities
M
Māgha (month)
S
Saptamī (tithi)
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

A single well-timed act of worship—Māgha Saptamī at dawn—creates merit powerful enough to benefit one’s ancestors across many generations.

The instruction appears within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, implying Prabhāsa as a prime setting for such Māgha observances.

Worship (pūjā) on Saptamī during Māgha at dawn (uṣas), with the stated fruit of pitṛ-uddhāra (ancestral deliverance).

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