Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणाः कृतास्तेन पुष्पादित्यस्य धीमता । तीक्ष्णं शस्त्रं समादाय पूर्वोक्तविधिना ततः । छित्त्वाछित्त्वा निजांगानि जुहुयाज्जातवेदसि

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇāḥ kṛtāstena puṣpādityasya dhīmatā | tīkṣṇaṃ śastraṃ samādāya pūrvoktavidhinā tataḥ | chittvāchittvā nijāṃgāni juhuyājjātavedasi

Translation

সেই জ্ঞানী পুরুষ পুষ্পাদিত্যের প্রদক্ষিণা করলেন। তারপর তীক্ষ্ণ অস্ত্র গ্রহণ করে, পূর্বোক্ত বিধি অনুসারে, নিজের অঙ্গ বারংবার ছেদন করে জাতবেদ (অগ্নি)-তে আহুতি দিলেন।

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणाः: circumambulations
• प्रदक्षिणाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• कृताः: were performed
• कृताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'were done' (passive sense)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• पुष्पादित्यस्य: of Puṣpāditya
• पुष्पादित्यस्य: Sambandha (Possession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (पुष्प-आदित्यः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• धीमता: by the intelligent (one)
• धीमता: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); तेन इति विशेषणम्

• तीक्ष्णम्: sharp
• तीक्ष्णम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शस्त्रम् इति विशेषणम्

• शस्त्रम्: weapon
• शस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken up
• समादाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु) → समादाय (क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having taken up'

• पूर्वोक्तविधिना: by the previously stated procedure
• पूर्वोक्तविधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वोक्त + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (पूर्वं उक्तः विधिः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental: 'according to the previously stated rule')

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

• छित्त्वा: having cut
• छित्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: छिद् (धातु) → छित्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having cut'

• छित्त्वा: having cut again and again
• छित्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: छिद् (धातु) → छित्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for intensity)

• निजाङ्गानि: his own limbs
• निजाङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (निजानि अङ्गानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• जुहुयात्: should offer (into fire)
• जुहुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• जातवेदसि: in Jātavedas (Agni/fire)
• जातवेदसि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः (जातं वेदः यस्य = अग्निः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣpāditya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic homa scene: the devotee circumambulates a Sun shrine (Puṣpāditya), then stands by a blazing fire, weapon in hand, offering symbolic ‘limbs’ into Agni as an act of total surrender; priests witness in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpāditya
• Jātavedas (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative underscores unwavering resolve and the gravity of dharma through an extreme act of expiation, framed within devotion to Āditya and Agni.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights worship of Puṣpāditya within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; the precise geographical tīrtha name is not explicit in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) and homa-like offering into Agni (Jātavedas), performed according to a previously stated procedure.