Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यां सूर्यवारेण भास्करस्योदयं प्रति । यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं व्याधिग्रस्तो नरो भुवि

Transliteration

saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati | yastatra kurute snānaṃ vyādhigrasto naro bhuvi

Translation

No sétimo dia lunar, quando for domingo, ao tempo do nascer do Sol—quem quer que se banhe ali, mesmo sendo um homem afligido por doença neste mundo,

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (feminine locative singular)

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday / by the day of the Sun
• सूर्यवारेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (masculine instrumental singular)

• भास्करस्य: of the Sun
• भास्करस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (masculine genitive singular)

• उदयम्: rising, sunrise
• उदयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (masculine accusative singular)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वक/दिशावाचक (indeclinable; towards)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun; nominative singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable; there)

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (3rd person singular, present, middle)

• स्नानम्: bath, bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• व्याधिग्रस्तः: afflicted by disease
• व्याधिग्रस्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रस्त (कृदन्त; ग्रस्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्याधिना ग्रस्तः/व्याधेः ग्रस्तः) (masculine nominative singular; disease-afflicted)

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (feminine locative singular)

Speaker

Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra tīrtha (sunrise snāna-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunrise over a sacred waterbody; pilgrims poised for bath; the sun disk emerging as the key ritual marker; a diseased man approaches with hope.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithfully following tīrtha-vidhi (the prescribed rite at a sacred place and time) is taught as a Dharma-path that transforms suffering into purification.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha later identified in this passage as the Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha tīrtha associated with the Nāgara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at sunrise on Saptamī that falls on Sunday (Ravivāra), oriented to the rising Sun.