Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यां सूर्यवारेण यास्यंति परमां गतिम् । अत्र मे सूर्यवारेण सांनिध्यं सप्तमीदिने । भविष्यति न संदेहो गमिष्ये त्वं सुखी भव

Transliteration

saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa yāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim | atra me sūryavāreṇa sāṃnidhyaṃ saptamīdine | bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho gamiṣye tvaṃ sukhī bhava

Translation

ในวันสัปตมี เมื่อบังเอิญตรงกับวันอาทิตย์ เขาย่อมบรรลุคติอันสูงสุด ในวันสัปตมีที่เป็นวันอาทิตย์นั้น ความสถิตใกล้ของเราจักมีอยู่ที่นี่แน่นอน—ไม่ต้องสงสัย เราจักจากไป; ท่านจงอยู่เป็นสุขเถิด

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सूर्यवारेण: by/with Sunday
• सूर्यवारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य वारः)

• यास्यन्ति: will go, will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (गतिम्)

• गतिम्: state, destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सूर्यवारेण: on Sunday
• सूर्यवारेण: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य वारः)

• सान्निध्यम्: presence
• सान्निध्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सप्तमीदिने: on the day of the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तमीदिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सप्तम्याः दिनम्)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गमिष्ये: I will go (come)
• गमिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Visheshya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वम्)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (Divākara / Sahasrāṃśu), inferred from context and next verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandāditya at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya proclaims that on Saptamī falling on Sunday, pilgrims attain the supreme goal; he assures his tangible presence on that day and blesses the king before departing.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Saptamī
• Sūryavāra (Sunday)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Nandāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing (Saptamī with Sunday) magnifies worship and supports attainment of the highest spiritual goal through Sūrya’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Nandāditya context within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance and worship on Saptamī, especially when it falls on Sunday, is recommended as highly meritorious.