Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 177

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यां च सिते पक्षे सोपवासो जितेन्द्रियः । सात्त्विकीं वासनां कृत्वा यो वसेच्छिवमन्दिरे

Transliteration

saptamyāṃ ca site pakṣe sopavāso jitendriyaḥ | sāttvikīṃ vāsanāṃ kṛtvā yo vasecchivamandire

Translation

ในวันขึ้น ๗ ค่ำแห่งปักษ์สว่าง ถืออุโบสถอดอาหาร สำรวมอินทรีย์ ตั้งเจตนาสัตตวิกะ ผู้ใดพำนักอยู่ในเทวาลัยพระศิวะ…

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• सिते: in the bright (white)
• सिते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pakṣe)

• पक्षे: fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सोपवासः: observing a fast
• सोपवासः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय-सह) + upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'स-' उपसर्गार्थ (with fasting)

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered his senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त; √ji धातु) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य सः

• सात्त्विकीम्: pure, sāttvika
• सात्त्विकीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāttvikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying vāsanām)

• वासनाम्: intention, disposition
• वासनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made, having adopted
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• वसेत्: should dwell, may reside
• वसेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• शिवमन्दिरे: in Śiva's temple
• शिवमन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śivasya mandire)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-mandira-vāsa (as vrata-aṅga within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in simple white cloth sits within a Śiva temple corridor on śukla-saptamī, fasting, senses restrained, lamp-lit sanctum ahead; the mind is shown as calm through symmetrical composition and stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-mandira
• Śukla Saptamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of mind (sāttvika bhāva) combined with restraint and sacred presence (temple-stay) is central to effective vrata practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva temple within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred region is implied; no single named tirtha appears in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fasting on Śukla Saptamī, sense-control, adopting sāttvic intention, and residing in a Śiva temple.