Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

रविवारेण सप्तम्यां कुर्याज्जागरणं नरः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति सूर्यलोके महीयते

Transliteration

ravivāreṇa saptamyāṃ kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ naraḥ | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti sūryaloke mahīyate

Translation

Un dimanche, au septième jour lunaire (Saptamī), qu’un homme veille en observance. Il obtient tous les objets de désir et est honoré dans le monde de Sūrya.

Word by Word

• ravivāreṇa: on Sunday
• ravivāreṇa: Karana (Instrument/Time-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi-vāra (प्रातिपदिक; रवि + वार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कालवाचक-करणम्

• saptamyām: on the seventh (lunar day)
• saptamyām: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु; √कृ)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jāgaraṇam: vigil (staying awake)
• jāgaraṇam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

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

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of kāmān)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु; √आप् with ava-)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sūryaloke: in the Sun-world
• sūryaloke: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya-loka (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• mahīyate: is honored/exalted
• mahīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mah (धातु; √मह्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is honored/is exalted)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (within Bakula-svāmin māhātmya context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee keeps an all-night vigil on Saptamī; lamps burn steadily; a Sūrya-maṇḍala or rising sun is visualized, with the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa and a nearby shrine atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi-vāra (Sunday)
• Saptamī
• Sūrya-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-aligned devotion (weekday and tithi) intensifies merit; disciplined vigil is praised as a direct means to auspicious fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakula-svāmin Sūrya’s sacred presence in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of the chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe jāgaraṇa (night vigil) on Sunday that coincides with Saptamī.