Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा रविवारेण न कुष्ठी जायते नरः । बालानां रोगजा पीडा न संभूयात्कदाचन

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā ravivāreṇa na kuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ | bālānāṃ rogajā pīḍā na saṃbhūyātkadācana

Translation

اتوار کے دن اس کے درشن سے انسان کو کوڑھ نہیں ہوتا؛ اور بچوں کو بیماری سے پیدا ہونے والی تکلیف کبھی بھی نہیں اٹھتی۔

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (Bālārka)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having seen)

• रविवारेण: on Sunday; by (the occasion of) Sunday
• रविवारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; समासः: रवेः वारः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• कुष्ठी: a leper; one afflicted with leprosy
• कुष्ठी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• जायते: is born; comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man; person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• बालानाम्: of children
• बालानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• रोगजा: arising from disease
• रोगजा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोग + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पीडा); समासः: रोगात् जाता (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष)

• पीडा: pain; affliction
• पीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• सम्भूयात्: should arise; would occur
• सम्भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कदाचन: ever; at any time
• कदाचन: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-निपात (indefinite temporal adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approach a radiant child-form Sun icon (Bālārka) at Prabhāsa; a Sunday dawn with saffron light; parents hold children, seeking protection from disease; priests offer arghya to the Sun near a tīrtha water-edge.

Characters & Entities

• Bālārka (Sūrya)
• Ravivāra (Sunday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful darśana at a consecrated site, aligned with sacred time (Sunday), is taught as a channel of protective grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bālārka, the Sun tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting/seeing) of Bālārka specifically on Ravivāra (Sunday).