Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णं नित्यमादित्यवासरे । स्नात्वा प्रदक्षिणाः सप्त दत्त्वा पश्यति भास्करम्

Transliteration

yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ nityamādityavāsare | snātvā pradakṣiṇāḥ sapta dattvā paśyati bhāskaram

Translation

แต่ผู้ใดตลอดหนึ่งปีเต็ม ในวันอาทิตย์เป็นนิตย์ ลงอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้น เวียนประทักษิณเจ็ดรอบ ถวายเครื่องบูชา แล้วได้เฝ้าทอดพระเนตรพระภาสกร—

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; relative pronoun, nominative singular

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; particle

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kaaladhikarana (Duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; accusative singular (duration)

• पूर्णम्: complete
• पूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; adjective agreeing with संवत्सरम्

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रयोगः; adverbial accusative ‘always’

• आदित्यवासरे: on Sundays / on the Sun’s day
• आदित्यवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आदित्यस्य वासरः), पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; locative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्तम्; gerund/absolutive ‘having bathed’

• प्रदक्षिणाः: circumambulations
• प्रदक्षिणाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; accusative plural (object of ‘does/gives’)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-शब्द)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय/अव्ययवत्; indeclinable numeral used adjectivally

• दत्त्वा: having given/performed
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्तम्; gerund ‘having given (performed)’

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; present, 3rd person singular

• भास्करम्: the Sun
• भास्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; accusative singular

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Revākhaṇḍa addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpāla

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee returns every Sunday for a year: sunrise over Narmadā, bathing, seven circumambulations around a shrine, offering gifts, and gazing at the Sun.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, time-bound observance (vrata) combining purity (snāna), devotion (darśana), and generosity (dāna) is praised as a powerful spiritual discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ādityeśvara-related tīrtha within Revā Khaṇḍa (a Narmadā-region sacred site) where Sunday observances are recommended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For one year: Sunday observance with bathing, seven pradakṣiṇās, dāna (offerings/charity), and darśana of Bhāskara (the Sun).