Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यां सूर्यवारेण तत्र स्नात्वा प्रपश्यति । यस्तु पापविनिर्मुक्तः सूर्यलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa tatra snātvā prapaśyati | yastu pāpavinirmuktaḥ sūryalokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้นในวันสัปตมี ตรงกับวันอาทิตย์ แล้วได้เฝ้าดูด้วยศรัทธา ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นบาป และไปถึงสุริยโลกา (โลกแห่งพระสุริยะ)

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण) एकवचन; तिथिवाचक-शब्दः (on the seventh lunar day)

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday
• सूर्यवारेण: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य वारः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (Instrumental)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• प्रपश्यति: he sees/beholds
• प्रपश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle; emphasis/contrast)

• पापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from sin
• पापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + वि-निर्-√मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (पापात् विनिर्मुक्तः); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (P.P.P.); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• सूर्यलोकम्: the world of the Sun
• सूर्यलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; अन्वय-सर्वनाम (correlative pronoun)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely Sūta narrating within Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnāditya-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a sacred waterbody at dawn on Saptamī that coincides with Sunday, then offer water to the rising Sun; a radiant path suggests ascent to Sūryaloka.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Sūryaloka
• Saptamī
• Ravivāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity joined with sacred place and sacred time (Saptamī on Sunday) is praised as a means to remove sin and gain elevated spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha previously described in Adhyāya 212; this verse states its fruit but does not name the site in isolation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha specifically on Saptamī when it is Ravivāra (Sunday).