Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा च द्रुतं प्राप्य क्षेत्रमेतद्द्विजोत्तमाः । भानुमाराधयामास स्थापयित्वा ततः परम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā ca drutaṃ prāpya kṣetrametaddvijottamāḥ | bhānumārādhayāmāsa sthāpayitvā tataḥ param

Translation

এ কথা শুনে শ্রেষ্ঠ দ্বিজ দ্রুত সেই পবিত্র ক্ষেত্রে পৌঁছালেন; তারপর বিধিপূর্বক স্থাপন করে ভানু (সূর্য)-এর আরাধনা করলেন।

Word by Word

• tat: that (statement/news)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having heard’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• drutam: quickly
• drutam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative): ‘quickly’

• prāpya: having reached
• prāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त (gerund): ‘having reached/attained’

• kṣetram: the sacred place
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• dvijottamāḥ: best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijottamāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय): द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bhānum: the Sun (Bhānu)
• bhānum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ārādhayāmāsa: worshipped; propitiated
• ārādhayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘worshipped/propitiated’

• sthāpayitvā: having स्थापित/installed
• sthāpayitvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: णिजन्त-क्त्वान्त (causative gerund): ‘having installed/caused to be placed’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then/thereafter’

• param: afterwards; further
• param: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative): ‘afterwards/further’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa hastens to a radiant kṣetra, prepares a ritual space (altar/āsana), and offers arghya to the Sun—Bhānu depicted above with seven horses or a solar disc.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu
• Sūrya
• kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

On hearing a kṣetra’s glory, the seeker should promptly approach it and engage in focused worship of the presiding divine power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This adhyāya’s sacred region—Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra—where Sun worship is undertaken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing a proper worship-setting (sthāpana) and performing ārādhanā (propitiatory worship) of Bhānu/Sūrya.