Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

रविवारेण सप्तम्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । तस्याऽन्वयेऽपि नो देवि दरिद्री जायते नरः

Transliteration

ravivāreṇa saptamyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | tasyā'nvaye'pi no devi daridrī jāyate naraḥ

Translation

Ô Déesse, si un homme le vénère le jour de Saptamī, lorsque celui-ci tombe un dimanche, alors, même dans sa lignée, nul ne naît dans la pauvreté.

Word by Word

• ravivāreṇa: on Sunday
• ravivāreṇa: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi-vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/काल-निर्देश (instrumental of time)

• saptamyām: on the seventh (lunar day)
• saptamyām: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथौ अधिकरणे (locative of lunar day)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

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

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• anvaye: in (his) lineage
• anvaye: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in the lineage)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also/even)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

• daridrī: poverty
• daridrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daridrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state/condition)

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

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

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra quarter-shrine near Sāvitrī (same as 160.2)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Sunday sunrise over Prabhāsa; devotees perform pūjā on Saptamī with lamps and red flowers; a family lineage tree motif appears behind them, with poverty (dark figure) turned away.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Raivantaka
• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Saptamī tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right-timed worship (with faith and discipline) is said to generate lasting prosperity and well-being across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivantaka’s sacred presence in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, worshipped with specific calendrical observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā to Raivantaka on Saptamī tithi when it coincides with Ravivāra (Sunday).