Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

न दह्यसि महाभाग तत्र स्थोऽध्ययनं कुरु । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय प्रविश्यादित्यवाजिनः

Transliteration

na dahyasi mahābhāga tatra stho'dhyayanaṃ kuru | sa tatheti pratijñāya praviśyādityavājinaḥ

Translation

«لن تُحرق أيها المبارك؛ أقم هناك وداوم على تلاوة الدرس.» فوافق ونذر قائلاً: «ليكن كذلك»، ثم دخل جواد آديتيا.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेधार्थक (negation)

• दह्यसि: you burn / you are burned
• दह्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः ‘you are burned’

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘great-fortuned’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• स्थः: standing, being
• स्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) / स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘standing/being’ (predicate adjective)

• अध्ययनम्: study, recitation
• अध्ययनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्ययन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of ‘do’

• कुरु: do, perform
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• इति: thus, saying
• इति: Vakyartha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative)

• प्रतिज्ञाय: having promised
• प्रतिज्ञाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having promised/undertaken’

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having entered’

• आदित्यवाजिनः: of the Sun’s horse
• आदित्यवाजिनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘of the Sun’s horse’

Speaker

Āditya/Sūrya (first half), Narrator (second half reporting the action)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āditya-ratha (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yājñavalkya (and narrative audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āditya reassures the sage he will not be burned; Yājñavalkya affirms ‘tathā’ and enters the horse’s ear, shown as a luminous portal; the horse remains serene amid blazing radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Yājñavalkya
• Āditya’s horse

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When guided by divine command, the seeker is protected and enabled to undertake even extraordinary disciplines for sacred learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context remains implicit; this verse highlights the miraculous protection and initiation rather than naming a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake adhyayana (study) in the appointed manner, accompanied by a vow/acceptance (pratijñā) of the divine instruction.