Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः क्षुत्क्षामकंठः स परिश्रांतस्तदग्रतः । उपविष्टो जपं कुर्वन्सूर्येष्टैः स्तवनैस्तदा

Transliteration

tataḥ kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭhaḥ sa pariśrāṃtastadagrataḥ | upaviṣṭo japaṃ kurvansūryeṣṭaiḥ stavanaistadā

Translation

ثم إن حلقه جفّ من الجوع واشتدّ عليه الإعياء، فجلس أمام المعبود. عندئذٍ أجرى الجَپا (japa) وسبّح سُوريا بأناشيد محبوبة لدى الشمس.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'thereafter/then'

• क्षुत्-क्षाम-कण्ठः: whose throat was emaciated by hunger
• क्षुत्-क्षाम-कण्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣut (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣāma (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्षुत्क्षामः कण्ठः यस्य/क्षुत्क्षामकण्ठः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• परिश्रान्तः: exhausted
• परिश्रान्तः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-śram (धातु) → pariśrānta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्-अग्रतः: in front of that; before it
• तत्-अग्रतः: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + agratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• उपविष्टः: seated
• उपविष्टः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-viś (धातु) → upaviṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जपम्: muttering; recitation
• जपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कुर्वन्: doing; performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kurvat (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण

• सूर्य-इष्टैः: with rites/offerings dear to the Sun
• सूर्य-इष्टैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + iṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य इष्टानि)

• स्तवनैः: with hymns; praises
• स्तवनैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary ascetic/brāhmaṇa with parched throat sits on the ground directly before a radiant deity-presence, hands in japa-mudrā, softly chanting Sūrya-beloved hymns; the atmosphere is austere yet luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Japa
• Stavana (hymns)
• Sūrya
• Upavāsa (implied by hunger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and fatigue are transformed into worship when anchored in japa and heartfelt praise before the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene continues at Camatkārapura before the Yājñavalkya-established Sūrya (Ravi).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sit before the deity and perform japa along with Sūrya-pleasing stotras/hymns, following the earlier snāna and pradakṣiṇā.