Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा रविवारेण न कुष्ठी जायते नरः । बालानां रोगजा पीडा न संभूयात्कदाचन

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā ravivāreṇa na kuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ | bālānāṃ rogajā pīḍā na saṃbhūyātkadācana

Translation

En le contemplant un dimanche, l’homme n’est pas atteint de lèpre; et pour les enfants, la douleur née de la maladie ne survient jamais.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (Bālārka)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having seen)

• रविवारेण: on Sunday; by (the occasion of) Sunday
• रविवारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; समासः: रवेः वारः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• कुष्ठी: a leper; one afflicted with leprosy
• कुष्ठी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• जायते: is born; comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man; person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• बालानाम्: of children
• बालानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• रोगजा: arising from disease
• रोगजा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोग + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पीडा); समासः: रोगात् जाता (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष)

• पीडा: pain; affliction
• पीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• सम्भूयात्: should arise; would occur
• सम्भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कदाचन: ever; at any time
• कदाचन: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-निपात (indefinite temporal adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approach a radiant child-form Sun icon (Bālārka) at Prabhāsa; a Sunday dawn with saffron light; parents hold children, seeking protection from disease; priests offer arghya to the Sun near a tīrtha water-edge.

Characters & Entities

• Bālārka (Sūrya)
• Ravivāra (Sunday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful darśana at a consecrated site, aligned with sacred time (Sunday), is taught as a channel of protective grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bālārka, the Sun tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting/seeing) of Bālārka specifically on Ravivāra (Sunday).