Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

रविवारेण सप्तम्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । तस्याऽन्वयेऽपि नो देवि दरिद्री जायते नरः

Transliteration

ravivāreṇa saptamyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | tasyā'nvaye'pi no devi daridrī jāyate naraḥ

Translation

Ôi Nữ Thần, người nào thờ phụng Ngài vào ngày Saptamī (mồng bảy) rơi đúng Chủ nhật, thì ngay trong dòng tộc ấy cũng không ai sinh ra trong cảnh nghèo hèn.

Word by Word

• ravivāreṇa: on Sunday
• ravivāreṇa: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi-vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/काल-निर्देश (instrumental of time)

• saptamyām: on the seventh (lunar day)
• saptamyām: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथौ अधिकरणे (locative of lunar day)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• anvaye: in (his) lineage
• anvaye: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in the lineage)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also/even)

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

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

• daridrī: poverty
• daridrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daridrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state/condition)

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• naraḥ: (for) a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (पुनरुक्ति emphatic)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra quarter-shrine near Sāvitrī (same as 160.2)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Sunday sunrise over Prabhāsa; devotees perform pūjā on Saptamī with lamps and red flowers; a family lineage tree motif appears behind them, with poverty (dark figure) turned away.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Raivantaka
• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Saptamī tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right-timed worship (with faith and discipline) is said to generate lasting prosperity and well-being across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivantaka’s sacred presence in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, worshipped with specific calendrical observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā to Raivantaka on Saptamī tithi when it coincides with Ravivāra (Sunday).