Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र सप्तसप्तम्यां लभन्ति न लभन्ति च । षष्ठ्यां वारे दैनकरे द्वादशादित्यदर्शनात्

Transliteration

anyatra saptasaptamyāṃ labhanti na labhanti ca | ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vāre dainakare dvādaśādityadarśanāt

Translation

अन्यत्र सप्तसप्तम्यां जनाः फलं लभन्ति वा न वा। अत्र तु षष्ठ्यां रविवारे द्वादशादित्यदर्शनमात्रेणैव (पुण्यं) निश्चितं भवति।

Word by Word

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: elsewhere)

• सप्त-सप्तम्याम्: on the (special) seventh (observance)
• सप्त-सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; 'on the seventh of seven (i.e., repeated seventh observance)'

• लभन्ति: they obtain
• लभन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• लभन्ति: they obtain
• लभन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (tithi)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक-शब्दः (on the sixth lunar day)

• वारे: on the day/weekday
• वारे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; वारवाचक (on the weekday)

• दैनकरे: when the sun (day-maker) is (so)
• दैनकरे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिनकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दिनस्य करः = सूर्यः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• द्वादश-आदित्य-दर्शनात्: from/through the sight of the twelve Ādityas
• द्वादश-आदित्य-दर्शनात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + आदित्य + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्वादशानाम् आदित्यानाम् दर्शनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान-हेतौ (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic speaker, contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-like juxtaposition: elsewhere pilgrims await a rare ‘seventh of the seventh’ conjunction; here, devotees simply behold Dvādaśāditya on a Sunday-Shaṣṭhī and receive assured merit.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśāditya
• Saptamī
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Ravivāra (Sun’s weekday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great tīrtha amplifies spiritual results; sincere darśana can surpass rare calendrical combinations when performed at a highly sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse asserts the exceptional efficacy of the local Dvādaśāditya-associated Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha, though the proper name is not included in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Timing-based observance: seeking Dvādaśāditya darśana with emphasis on Ravivāra (Sunday) and tithi observances (Ṣaṣṭhī/Saptamī).