Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

यस्तान्पश्यति काले स्वे यथोक्ते सूरर्यवासरे । स वांछितांल्लभेत्कामान्दुर्लभानपि मानवैः

Transliteration

yastānpaśyati kāle sve yathokte sūraryavāsare | sa vāṃchitāṃllabhetkāmāndurlabhānapi mānavaiḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดได้เห็นท่านทั้งหลายตามกาลอันควรของตน ในวันพระสุริยะ (วันอาทิตย์) ตามที่คัมภีร์กล่าวไว้ ผู้นั้นย่อมได้สมปรารถนา แม้ความปรารถนาที่มนุษย์ได้ยาก

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'who(ever)'

• तान्: those (images)
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — 'those (them)'

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'sees'

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — 'at the time'

• स्वे: proper (one's own)
• स्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — 'one's own/proper' (agreeing with काले)

• यथा-उक्ते: as prescribed
• यथा-उक्ते: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच्)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; सप्तमी, एकवचन (agreeing with वासरे) — 'as stated'

• सूर्य-वासरे: on Sunday
• सूर्य-वासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — 'on Sunday'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'he'

• वाञ्छितान्: desired
• वाञ्छितान्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त; √वाञ्छ्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — 'desired' (qualifying कामान्)

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — 'would obtain/may obtain'

• कामान्: wishes
• कामान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — 'desires'

• दुर्लभान्: hard-to-get
• दुर्लभान्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — 'hard to obtain' (qualifying कामान्)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — 'even'

• मानवैः: by humans
• मानवैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — 'by humans'

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive on a bright Sunday; at the prescribed hour they behold three radiant Sūrya forms; rays extend as symbolic boons—health, prosperity, success—flowing to devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara forms
• Sunday (Ravi-vāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing and prescribed devotional practice (darśana on Ravi-vāra) is portrayed as a potent means for attaining legitimate desires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same local Sūrya/Bhāskara manifestation-site in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse focuses on darśana timing rather than naming the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding) of the Bhāskara forms at the appointed time, specifically on Sunday (Ravi-vāra), as previously instructed.