Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सहस्रगुणितं तेषां तत्फलं संभविष्यति । अमावास्यादिने श्राद्धं कन्यासंस्थे दिवाकरे

Transliteration

sahasraguṇitaṃ teṣāṃ tatphalaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati | amāvāsyādine śrāddhaṃ kanyāsaṃsthe divākare

Translation

അവർക്കു ആ കർമഫലം നിശ്ചയമായും സഹസ്രഗുണിതമായി ലഭിക്കും—വിശേഷിച്ച് അമാവാസ്യാദിനം, സൂര്യൻ കന്യാരാശിയിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുമ്പോൾ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്താൽ.

Word by Word

• sahasra-guṇitam: multiplied a thousandfold
• sahasra-guṇitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रेण गुणितम् = multiplied by a thousand)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• tat-phalam: that fruit/result
• tat-phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य फलम्)

• saṃbhaviṣyati: will arise/come to be
• saṃbhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु) with sam- prefix
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• amāvāsyā-dine: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyā-dine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (अमावास्यायाः दिने)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kanyā-saṃsthe: when (the sun is) in Kanyā (Virgo)
• kanyā-saṃsthe: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कन्यायां संस्थः = situated in Virgo)

• divākare: in the sun (i.e., when the sun is...)
• divākare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘सूर्य’ अर्थे

Speaker

Indra (Śakra/Pākaśāsana), inferred from immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūpyā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija audience in the tīrtha narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha scene on amāvāsyā: brāhmaṇas seated for piṇḍa and tarpaṇa, with an astrological cue of the Sun in Kanyā, indicating thousandfold fruit.

Characters & Entities

• amāvāsyā
• śrāddha
• divākara (Sun)
• Kanyā (Virgo)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timing and faith intensify the merit of ancestral rites; śrāddha done on amāvāsyā under auspicious solar placement yields great spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gayā is the principal pilgrimage context in this passage, renowned for śrāddha and pitṛ-tarpaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha on amāvāsyā, particularly when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo), for amplified results.