Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र सप्तसप्तम्यां लभन्ति न लभन्ति च । षष्ठ्यां वारे दैनकरे द्वादशादित्यदर्शनात्

Transliteration

anyatra saptasaptamyāṃ labhanti na labhanti ca | ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vāre dainakare dvādaśādityadarśanāt

Translation

دوسری جگہوں پر ‘سَپت-سَپتمی’ (نایاب سَپتمی کا سنگم) میں لوگ یہ پھل پائیں بھی یا نہ پائیں۔ مگر یہاں تو دْوادَش آدِتیہ کے محض درشن سے—چھَٹھی کے دن، اتوار کو بھی—ثواب یقینی ہے۔

Word by Word

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: elsewhere)

• सप्त-सप्तम्याम्: on the (special) seventh (observance)
• सप्त-सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; 'on the seventh of seven (i.e., repeated seventh observance)'

• लभन्ति: they obtain
• लभन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• लभन्ति: they obtain
• लभन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (tithi)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक-शब्दः (on the sixth lunar day)

• वारे: on the day/weekday
• वारे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; वारवाचक (on the weekday)

• दैनकरे: when the sun (day-maker) is (so)
• दैनकरे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिनकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दिनस्य करः = सूर्यः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• द्वादश-आदित्य-दर्शनात्: from/through the sight of the twelve Ādityas
• द्वादश-आदित्य-दर्शनात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + आदित्य + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्वादशानाम् आदित्यानाम् दर्शनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान-हेतौ (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic speaker, contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-like juxtaposition: elsewhere pilgrims await a rare ‘seventh of the seventh’ conjunction; here, devotees simply behold Dvādaśāditya on a Sunday-Shaṣṭhī and receive assured merit.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśāditya
• Saptamī
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Ravivāra (Sun’s weekday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great tīrtha amplifies spiritual results; sincere darśana can surpass rare calendrical combinations when performed at a highly sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse asserts the exceptional efficacy of the local Dvādaśāditya-associated Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha, though the proper name is not included in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Timing-based observance: seeking Dvādaśāditya darśana with emphasis on Ravivāra (Sunday) and tithi observances (Ṣaṣṭhī/Saptamī).