Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स्वल्पं वापि बहुवापि सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत् । सप्तम्यां रविवारेण ग्रहणं चंद्रसूर्ययोः

Transliteration

svalpaṃ vāpi bahuvāpi sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet | saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa grahaṇaṃ caṃdrasūryayoḥ

Translation

അൽപമായാലും അധികമായാലും—എല്ലാം കോടി ഗുണമായി വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നു. സപ്തമി തിഥിയിൽ, ഞായറാഴ്ച, കൂടാതെ ചന്ദ്ര-സൂര്യഗ്രഹണ സമയത്ത്…

Word by Word

• स्वल्पम्: little
• स्वल्पम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्म/फलस्य)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• बहु: much
• बहु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात

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

• सर्वम्: everything (done)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘everything/whole (act/merit)’

• कोटि-गुणम्: a crore-fold
• कोटि-गुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कोट्या गुणः) विशेषणम् (सर्वम्)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the seventh lunar day)

• रवि-वारेण: by/with Sunday
• रवि-वारेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रवेः वारः)

• ग्रहणम्: eclipse
• ग्रहणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• चन्द्र-सूर्ययोः: of the moon and the sun
• चन्द्र-सूर्ययोः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

Speaker

Narrator of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravikuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar of sacred moments visualized: the kuṇḍa under a blazing Sunday sun; then the same waters under an eclipse—darkened sky, corona-like ring—pilgrims offering arghya and dāna, suggesting ‘crore-fold’ amplification.

Characters & Entities

• Saptamī
• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Candra-grahaṇa
• Sūrya-grahaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes kāla (sacred timing): certain days and cosmic events greatly magnify spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Ravikuṇḍa/tīrtha-phala passage, explaining time-based multiplication of merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing tīrtha-related acts (snāna, tarpaṇa, dāna, etc., implied) on Saptamī, Sundays, and during lunar/solar eclipses for multiplied results.