Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

पूजाया लभते सौख्यं भवेज्जन्मनिजन्मनि । सप्तम्यां रवियुक्तायां बकुलार्कं स्मरेत्तु यः

Transliteration

pūjāyā labhate saukhyaṃ bhavejjanmanijanmani | saptamyāṃ raviyuktāyāṃ bakulārkaṃ smarettu yaḥ

Translation

പൂജയാൽ മനുഷ്യന് ജന്മജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിൽ സുഖം ലഭിക്കുന്നു. കൂടാതെ ഞായറോടുകൂടിയ സപ്തമിയിൽ ‘ബകുലാർക’നെ സ്മരിക്കുന്നവന് പ്രത്യേക പുണ്യം ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• पूजायाः: of worship
• पूजायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवेत्: would be / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• जन्मनि: in (each) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• रवियुक्तायाम्: (on the seventh) falling on Sunday
• रवियुक्तायाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘रविणा युक्ता’ इति (associated with Sunday/Sun)

• बकुलार्कम्: (the name) Bakulārka
• बकुलार्कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—बकुलस्य अर्कः/बकुलार्कः (name)

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrastive)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Vyāsa (immediately before ‘Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca’; thus Vyāsa is speaking here)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn on Saptamī-Sunday stands facing the rising Sun, offering arghya; a bakula tree shades a small Surya-shrine labeled ‘Bakulārka’.

Characters & Entities

• Bakulārka
• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular worship and mindful remembrance of a sanctified divine form (here, Bakulārka) generate enduring well-being across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakulārka is presented as a sacred locus/manifestation associated with the bakula tree and the Sun within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional remembrance/meditation) of Bakulārka on ravi-yuktā saptamī, alongside pūjā as the general practice.