Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

उत्तरार्कस्य देवस्य पुष्ये मासि रवेर्दिने । कार्या सा वत्सरीयात्रा न तैः काशीफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

uttarārkasya devasya puṣye māsi raverdine | kāryā sā vatsarīyātrā na taiḥ kāśīphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

உத்தரார்க தேவனுக்கான அந்த வருடாந்திர யாத்திரை புஷ்ய மாதத்தில், ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை செய்யப்பட வேண்டும்—காசியின் முழுப் பலனை நாடுவோரால்।

Word by Word

• उत्तरार्कस्य: of (the) Uttarārka (sun-shrine)
• उत्तरार्कस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरार्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुष्ये: in (the nakṣatra) Puṣya
• पुष्ये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• रवेः: of the Sun; of Ravi
• रवेः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कार्या: to be done; should be performed
• कार्या: Kriya-sadhya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय) → कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• सा: that (journey/rite)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वत्सरीयात्रा: the annual pilgrimage
• वत्सरीयात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सरीय + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Kartr/Agent (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (or सर्वलिङ्ग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• काशीफलेप्सुभिः: by those desiring the fruit of Kāśī
• काशीफलेप्सुभिः: Kartr/Agent (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशीफल + इप्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Contextual attribution: Skanda narrational frame (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), prescribing tīrtha-observance

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttarārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims undertake an annual yātrā to Uttarārka in Puṣya month on a Sunday, seeking the complete fruit of Kāśī; emphasis on calendar, sun symbolism, and procession.

Characters & Entities

• Uttarārka
• Puṣya (month)
• Ravi (Sun/Sunday)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place and sacred time work together—right observance (kāla-niyama) intensifies the merit of Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Uttarārka, a solar-associated tīrtha within the Kāśī sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform an annual yātrā to Uttarārka in the month of Puṣya on a Sunday.