Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

पुष्यार्केप्यथ हस्तार्के मूलार्केप्यथवा द्विज । उत्तरार्केऽथ यत्कार्यं तत्फलत्येव नान्यथा

Transliteration

puṣyārkepyatha hastārke mūlārkepyathavā dvija | uttarārke'tha yatkāryaṃ tatphalatyeva nānyathā

Translation

โอ้ทวิชะ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นวันปุษยะ-อรกะ วันหัสตะ-อรกะ วันมูละ-อรกะ หรือวันอุตตระ-อรกะ กรรมพิธีใดที่กระทำในกาลนั้น ย่อมให้ผลแน่นอน หาเป็นอื่นไม่

Word by Word

• puṣya-arke: when (the Sun is) in Puṣya
• puṣya-arke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘पुष्य-नक्षत्रे (स्थिते) अर्के’/‘पुष्ये अर्के’ (छान्दस)

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle): ‘also/even’

• atha: and then
• atha: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction): ‘then/and’

• hasta-arke: when (the Sun is) in Hasta
• hasta-arke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘हस्त-नक्षत्रे अर्के’

• mūla-arke: when (the Sun is) in Mūla
• mūla-arke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘मूला-नक्षत्रे अर्के’

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle): ‘also’

• atha: and
• atha: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction): ‘and/then’

• vā: or
• vā: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Disjunctive particle): ‘or’

• dvija: O twice-born (Brahmin)
• dvija: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• uttara-arke: when (the Sun is) in Uttara
• uttara-arke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘उत्तर-नक्षत्रे/उत्तरायणे (स्थिते) अर्के’ (पाठानुसार)

• atha: then
• atha: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction): ‘then’

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय ‘whatever’

• kāryam: a deed to be done
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेष्य: ‘to be done/act’

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध ‘that’

• phalati: bears fruit, succeeds
• phalati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √phal (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• eva: certainly
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle): अवधारण

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Negation): निषेध

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb): ‘otherwise’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (kāla-viśeṣa for Sūrya rites)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest points to a pañcāṅga while pilgrims prepare offerings; above, the sky shows symbolic nakṣatra emblems aligned with the Sun, indicating auspicious timing.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣya
• Hasta
• Mūla
• Uttara (nakṣatra group)
• Arka (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing (muhūrta) aligned with sacred solar-nakṣatra combinations strengthens the fruit of dharmic actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma setting; it is primarily calendrical/ritual guidance rather than a site description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing religious works/rites on specific Arka-nakṣatra days (Puṣya, Hasta, Mūla, Uttara) for assured fruition.