Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

चतुर्थ्यङ्गारके यस्तु स्नात्वा चाभ्यर्चयेद्ग्रहम् । अङ्गारकं विधानेन सप्तजन्मानि भारत

Transliteration

caturthyaṅgārake yastu snātvā cābhyarcayedgraham | aṅgārakaṃ vidhānena saptajanmāni bhārata

Translation

ഓ ഭാരതാ! അങ്കാരകവാരം (ചൊവ്വ) വരുന്ന ചതുര്ഥിയിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഗ്രഹദേവൻ അങ്കാരകനെ അർച്ചിക്കുന്നവൻ—ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളോളം ശുഭഫലം പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• caturthī-aṅgārake: on the Caturthī (lunar day) with Aṅgāraka (Tuesday/Mars)
• caturthī-aṅgārake: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī + aṅgāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (चतुर्थ्याः अङ्गारकः/अङ्गारक-दिवसः = Tuesday falling on caturthī)

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

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विशेषार्थक particle)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक, conjunction)

• abhyarcayet: should worship
• abhyarcayet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु) + उपसर्गः abhi-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• graham: the ग्रह (planet/deity)
• graham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• aṅgārakam: Aṅgāraka (Mars)
• aṅgārakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vidhānena: by the prescribed method
• vidhānena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनस्य विशेषणम् (janmāni)

• janmāni: births (lifetimes)
• janmāni: Karma (Extent/कर्म-प्रवृत्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Bhārata in the text’s frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgāraka-associated Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes at the ford on a Tuesday-Caturthī, then worships Aṅgāraka as a red-hued planetary deity (or Navagraha icon), offering red flowers and lamps; a Śiva-liṅga shrine stands nearby, indicating hierarchy and linkage.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala)
• Caturthī
• Graha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time sanctified by vrata-tithi and devotion can transform karmic patterns, extending auspiciousness across multiple births through disciplined worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is anchored to the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha connected to Aṅgāraka and Śaṅkara’s establishment, where such worship is especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Caturthī coinciding with Tuesday: perform snāna and worship Aṅgāraka-graha according to proper vidhāna (ritual procedure).