Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

रविवारेण सप्तम्यां कुर्याज्जागरणं नरः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति सूर्यलोके महीयते

Transliteration

ravivāreṇa saptamyāṃ kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ naraḥ | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti sūryaloke mahīyate

Translation

रविवासरे सप्तम्यां नरः जागरणं कुर्यात्। स सर्वान् कामान् अवाप्नोति, सूर्यलोके च महीयते॥

Word by Word

• ravivāreṇa: on Sunday
• ravivāreṇa: Karana (Instrument/Time-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi-vāra (प्रातिपदिक; रवि + वार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कालवाचक-करणम्

• saptamyām: on the seventh (lunar day)
• saptamyām: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु; √कृ)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jāgaraṇam: vigil (staying awake)
• jāgaraṇam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of kāmān)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु; √आप् with ava-)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sūryaloke: in the Sun-world
• sūryaloke: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya-loka (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• mahīyate: is honored/exalted
• mahīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mah (धातु; √मह्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is honored/is exalted)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (within Bakula-svāmin māhātmya context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee keeps an all-night vigil on Saptamī; lamps burn steadily; a Sūrya-maṇḍala or rising sun is visualized, with the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa and a nearby shrine atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi-vāra (Sunday)
• Saptamī
• Sūrya-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-aligned devotion (weekday and tithi) intensifies merit; disciplined vigil is praised as a direct means to auspicious fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakula-svāmin Sūrya’s sacred presence in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of the chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe jāgaraṇa (night vigil) on Sunday that coincides with Saptamī.