Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यस्य मन्वन्तरस्यादौ रथारूढो दिवाकरः । माघमासस्य सप्तम्यां सा तु स्याद्रथसप्तमी

Transliteration

yasya manvantarasyādau rathārūḍho divākaraḥ | māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ sā tu syādrathasaptamī

Translation

Le septième tithi du mois de Māgha — où, au commencement d’un Manvantara, le Soleil (Divākara) est dit monter sur son char — est appelé Rathasaptamī.

Word by Word

• यस्य: of which/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• मन्वन्तरस्य: of the manvantara
• मन्वन्तरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; (आदि-शब्दः; 'at the beginning')

• रथारूढः: mounted on a chariot
• रथारूढः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त) [आ-रुह् (धातु)]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (रथे आरूढः)

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• माघमासस्य: of the month of Māgha
• माघमासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (माघस्य मासः)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• सा: that (tithi)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle)

• स्यात्: would be/is called
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• रथसप्तमी: Rathasaptamī (the chariot-seventh)
• रथसप्तमी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रथ-सम्बन्धिनी सप्तमी) तिथिनाम

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa Māhātmya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rathasaptamī (Māgha-śukla Saptamī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Māgha Saptamī, the Sun-god rises, radiant, mounting a golden chariot; devotees at a coastal tīrtha offer arghya with cupped hands, lotuses, and copper vessels; the sky glows saffron.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Manvantara
• Rathasaptamī
• Māgha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tithis are sanctified by cosmic beginnings; honoring them (especially with devotion and giving) aligns one with dharma and brings enduring merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra (Somnāth–Prabhāsa region), where such sacred calendrical observances are praised as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It identifies Rathasaptamī (Māgha Śukla Saptamī) as a distinguished tithi—implicitly a recommended day for vrata, worship of Sūrya, and merit-yielding acts like dāna.