Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यस्तु माघस्य शुक्लायां सप्तम्यां रविवासरे । भक्त्या संपश्यते मर्त्यो नरकान्न स पश्यति

Transliteration

yastu māghasya śuklāyāṃ saptamyāṃ ravivāsare | bhaktyā saṃpaśyate martyo narakānna sa paśyati

Translation

മാഘമാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ലപക്ഷ സപ്തമി ഞായറാഴ്ചയായാൽ, ഭക്തിയോടെ (അവനെ) ദർശിക്കുന്ന മർത്ത്യൻ നരകങ്ങളെ കാണുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

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

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• माघस्य: of (the month) Māgha
• माघस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुक्लायाम्: in the bright (fortnight)
• शुक्लायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); (पक्षे)

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

• रविवासरे: on Sunday
• रविवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रविवासर (प्रातिपदिक: रवि + वासर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• संपश्यते: beholds/sees
• संपश्यते: Kriya (Relative clause verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पश्य्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नरकान्: hells
• नरकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Correlative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्य्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Māgha śukla saptamī that is a Sunday, devotees gather before Sāmbāditya; they offer arghya as the first sunbeams strike the icon, symbolically sealing protection from hell-realms.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Śukla Saptamī
• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Naraka (hells)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional darśana performed at an auspicious time (Māgha bright Saptamī on Sunday) is declared powerful enough to remove the destiny of experiencing hellish suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific kṣetra is not named in this single shloka, but the surrounding adhyāya context points to a local Nāgarakhaṇḍa sacred field connected with Sūrya worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To perform devoted darśana (saṃpaśyate) of the deity—implicitly Sūrya/Īśvara—specifically on Māgha Śukla Saptamī occurring on Ravivāra.