Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यामुपवासेन तद्दिने चाप्युपोषिते । स तत्फलमवाप्नोति तत्र स्नात्वा न संशयः

Transliteration

saptamyāmupavāsena taddine cāpyupoṣite | sa tatphalamavāpnoti tatra snātvā na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

月の第七日（サプタミー）に断食し、その日に斎戒を守る者は、そこで沐浴することにより、疑いなく約束された果報を得る。

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative singular (tithi)

• उपवासेन: by fasting
• उपवासेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; ‘दिने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle (also/even)

• उपोषिते: when fasting has been observed
• उपोषिते: Kāla-adhikarana (Temporal condition/काल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + वस् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Past participle used locatively: ‘when (one) has fasted’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, 3rd person singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb of place

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — having bathed

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratipādya (Predicate nominal/प्रातिपाद्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃvaura

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Saptamī day, a fasting devotee stands at the ghāṭa after bathing, hands folded; offerings prepared but simple due to upavāsa; the moon’s tithi mark and the rising sun suggest sacred timing.

Characters & Entities

• Saptamī
• Sāṃvaura (implied by 'tatra')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata (self-restraint through fasting) combined with tīrtha-snānā is taught as a reliable means to obtain spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to bathing 'there'—continuing the Sāṃvaura tīrtha praise in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on Saptamī and bathing at the tīrtha.