Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

गुह्यं दिवसनाथाय नाभिं द्वादश मूर्तये । बाहू च पद्महस्ताय हृदयं तीक्ष्णदीधिते

Transliteration

guhyaṃ divasanāthāya nābhiṃ dvādaśa mūrtaye | bāhū ca padmahastāya hṛdayaṃ tīkṣṇadīdhite

Translation

ويُعبَد الموضع السري باسم «سيّد النهار»؛ وتُعبَد السُّرّة باسم «ذو الاثنتي عشرة صورة»؛ وتُعبَد الذراعان باسم «ذو اليد اللوتسية»؛ ويُعبَد القلب باسم «حادّ الأشعة».

Word by Word

• guhyam: the genital region
• guhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• divasa-nāthāya: to the lord of the day
• divasa-nāthāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी): दिवसस्य नाथः (lord of the day)

• nābhim: the navel
• nābhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-शब्दः (indeclinable numeral in form); (mūrtaye इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• mūrtaye: to the form/embodiment
• mūrtaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• bāhū: (the two) arms
• bāhū: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), द्विवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• padma-hastāya: to the lotus-handed one
• padma-hastāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पद्मः हस्ते यस्य (lotus-handed)

• hṛdayam: the heart
• hṛdayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tīkṣṇa-dīdhite: to the sharp-rayed one
• tīkṣṇa-dīdhite: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīdhiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: तीक्ष्णा दीधितिः यस्य (one of sharp radiance)

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Skanda instructing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) implied by surrounding address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual diagram-like depiction: the Sūrya icon with highlighted limbs (navel, arms, heart), each annotated by epithets; devotee offers flowers and touches in sequence.

Characters & Entities

• Divasanātha (Sūrya)
• Dvādaśa-mūrti (twelve forms of Sūrya/Ādityas)
• Padmahasta
• Tīkṣṇa-dīdhiti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is contemplated as pervading the whole body and cosmos; worship trains the mind to see divine order in every limb and function.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting, but the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-guided aṅga-pūjā: worship of guhya, navel, arms, and heart with distinct epithets of Sūrya.