Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

दर्शायुतसमं पुण्यं भानुवारो भवेद्यदि । श्रवणर्क्ष यदि भवे द्भानुवारेण संयुतम्

Transliteration

darśāyutasamaṃ puṇyaṃ bhānuvāro bhavedyadi | śravaṇarkṣa yadi bhave dbhānuvāreṇa saṃyutam

Translation

หากวันอาทิตย์ (วันพระสุริยะ) มาถึง ย่อมให้บุญกุศลเสมอด้วยการถืออามาวัสยาเป็นหมื่นครั้ง และถ้าวันอาทิตย์นั้นตรงกับนักษัตรศรวณะด้วย ความเป็นมงคลยิ่งทวีคูณเป็นพิเศษ

Word by Word

• darśāyuta-samam: equal to ten-thousand darśā (new-moon units)
• darśāyuta-samam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: darśā (प्रातिपदिक) + ayuta (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (विशेषण) ‘समम्’—तुल्यं; darśāyuta = ‘दर्शानां अयुतम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• puṇyam: merit; sacred benefit
• puṇyam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhānu-vāraḥ: Sunday (day of the Sun)
• bhānu-vāraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक) + vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भानोः वारः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• bhavet: would be / should occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• śravaṇa-ṛkṣam: the Śravaṇa nakṣatra
• śravaṇa-ṛkṣam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘श्रवणं नाम ऋक्षम्’ (कर्मधारय)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय

• bhavet: would be / should occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• bhānu-vāreṇa: with Sunday / by Sunday
• bhānu-vāreṇa: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक) + vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘भानोः वारेण’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• saṃyutam: joined; combined
• saṃyutam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√yuj (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘संयुक्त’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim community at the sea-edge of Rāmasetu at dawn; priests mark the calendar (Sunday and Śravaṇa), conch and lamps raised as the sun ascends over the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasetu
• Bhānu (Sun)
• Śravaṇa (Nakṣatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy times (puṇyakāla) amplify the fruit of dharma—especially when aligned with sacred geography like Rāmasetu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmasetu (Setu), associated with the Rāmeśvaram sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing/valuing the puṇyakāla of Sunday, especially when joined with Śravaṇa nakṣatra, for heightened religious merit.