Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ततः पूर्णाहुतिं यावत्कायशेषेण यच्छति । तावत्प्रत्यक्षतां गत्वा स प्रोक्तो भास्वता स्वयम्

Transliteration

tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ yāvatkāyaśeṣeṇa yacchati | tāvatpratyakṣatāṃ gatvā sa prokto bhāsvatā svayam

Translation

ثم ما دام يواصل حتى القربان الأخير—مقدِّمًا بما تبقّى من جسده—فإن المُنير (إله الشمس) كان يتجلّى له عيانًا ويخاطبه بنفسه.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (thereafter)

• पूर्णाहुतिम्: the full oblation
• पूर्णाहुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्ण + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (पूर्णा आहुतिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यावत्: until; as long as
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (as long as; until)

• कायशेषेण: with what remained of (his) body
• कायशेषेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (कायस्य शेषः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental: 'with the remainder of the body')

• यच्छति: offers; gives
• यच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु; causative not intended here)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तावत्: then; thereupon
• तावत्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तावदर्थक (then/so long/thereupon)

• प्रत्यक्षताम्: visibility; direct manifestation
• प्रत्यक्षताम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्षता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative singular; goal/state)

• गत्वा: having attained
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having gone/attained'

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

• प्रोक्तः: was spoken to; was addressed
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'was addressed/was told' (passive)

• भास्वता: by the radiant one (Sun)
• भास्वता: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental singular; agent in passive)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आत्मनः (emphatic: 'himself')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣpāditya (Sūrya)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the climax of the homa, the Sun manifests visibly—radiant form emerging above the fire—speaking to the devotee who is near exhaustion; priests and onlookers are stunned, light flooding the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāsvat (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completion of sacred duty with total sincerity culminates in divine grace—so powerful that the deity becomes directly present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on Sūrya’s manifestation during the rite; the exact tīrtha location is not specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of offerings up to the pūrṇāhuti (final oblation), implying a homa completion marker.