Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

सांबकुंडे नरः स्नात्वा रविवारेऽरुणोदये । सांबादित्यं च संपूज्य व्याधिभिर्नाभिभूयते

Transliteration

sāṃbakuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā ravivāre'ruṇodaye | sāṃbādityaṃ ca saṃpūjya vyādhibhirnābhibhūyate

Translation

ରବିବାର ଅରୁଣୋଦୟେ ସାମ୍ବକୁଣ୍ଡରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରି ଏବଂ ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ସାମ୍ବାଦିତ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ପୂଜିଲେ, ସେ ବ୍ୟାଧିଦ୍ୱାରା ପରାଜିତ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• सांबकुंडे: in the Sāmba-pond
• सांबकुंडे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब + कुंड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सांबस्य कुंडे)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/Preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• रविवारे: on Sunday
• रविवारे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रवेः वारे)

• अरुणोदये: at dawn
• अरुणोदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः (अरुणः उदयः)

• सांबादित्यम्: Sāmba-Āditya
• सांबादित्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped well
• संपूज्य: Kriya (क्रिया/Preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• व्याधिभिः: by diseases
• व्याधिभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अभिभूयते: is overpowered
• अभिभूयते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At first light (aruṇodaya) on a Sunday, a devotee descends steps into a lotus-lined kuṇḍa, then stands facing east offering arghya to the rising sun; a small Sūrya shrine nearby with lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmbakuṇḍa
• Sāmbāditya
• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Aruṇodaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing and reverent worship performed at the proper time (Sunday dawn) are upheld as powerful supports of well-being and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāmbakuṇḍa in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), associated with Sāmbāditya (Sūrya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in Sāmbakuṇḍa at aruṇodaya on Ravivāra, followed by proper pūjā of Sāmbāditya.