Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

रविवारे विशेषेण मां समभ्यर्च्य यः पठेत् । तस्य रोगा न शिष्यंति दारिद्र्यं च न संशयः

Transliteration

ravivāre viśeṣeṇa māṃ samabhyarcya yaḥ paṭhet | tasya rogā na śiṣyaṃti dāridryaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഞായറാഴ്ചയിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും എന്നെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിച്ച് ഇത് പാരായണം ചെയ്താൽ, അവന്റെ രോഗങ്ങൾ നിലനിൽക്കുകയില്ല; ദാരിദ്ര്യവും സംശയമില്ലാതെ അകന്നുപോകും।

Word by Word

• ravivāre: on Sunday
• ravivāre: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravivāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे—'विशेषेण' = especially

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samabhyarcya: having worshipped
• samabhyarcya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-abhi-arc (अर्च् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाले

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

• paṭhet: should recite
• paṭhet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• rogāḥ: diseases
• rogāḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• śiṣyanti: remain
• śiṣyanti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śiṣ (शिष् धातु: 'remain')
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Jayāditya (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya/Jayārka

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunday morning worship: devotee offers water (arghya) to the sun; Jayāditya’s icon/shrine glows; symbols of healing and prosperity (lotus, grains) appear subtly.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Ravivāra (Sunday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, time-sacred worship (especially on Surya’s day) aligns the devotee with divine order, yielding health and prosperity as blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tirtha is named; the verse emphasizes a calendrical observance (Sunday) and Surya worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Sundays, perform proper worship of Jayāditya and recite the hymn.