Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

भाद्रपद्यां च यत्षष्ठ्यां पुण्यं सूर्यस्य दर्शने । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति आख्यानश्रवणेन तु

Transliteration

bhādrapadyāṃ ca yatṣaṣṭhyāṃ puṇyaṃ sūryasya darśane | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ākhyānaśravaṇena tu

Translation

ഭാദ്രപദ മാസത്തിലെ ഷഷ്ഠിദിനത്തിൽ സൂര്യദർശനത്തിലൂടെ ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യഫലം, ഈ പുണ്യാഖ്യാനം ശ്രവണമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• भाद्रपद्याम्: in (the month of) Bhādrapadā
• भाद्रपद्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of time)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: 'which/that')

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (lunar day)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of lunar day)

• पुण्यम्: merit (pious result)
• पुण्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म/फलवाचक

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शने: in/at the sight (viewing)
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तत्-फलम्: that fruit/result
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'its fruit')

• समवाप्नोति: attains/obtains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• आख्यान-श्रवणेन: by hearing the narrative
• आख्यान-श्रवणेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'hearing of the narrative')

• तु: indeed/however
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधबोधक-अव्यय (particle: emphasis/contrast)

Speaker

Narrator (phalaśruti conclusion for the tīrtha-ākhyāna)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in a small assembly listens to a sage reciting a māhātmya; above, the radiant Sun is depicted as if being ‘beheld’ through sound, indicating phala-sāmya between darśana and śravaṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural listening (śravaṇa) can confer the same merit as time-bound ritual observances when done with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Maṇināga Tīrtha-ākhyāna within the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference is made to Sūrya-darśana on Bhādrapada Ṣaṣṭhī; the text elevates ākhyāna-śravaṇa as yielding equivalent fruit.