Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तेन संस्थापितस्तत्र देवदेवो दिवाकरः । रत्नादित्य इति ख्यातो निजनाम्ना महा त्मना

Transliteration

tena saṃsthāpitastatra devadevo divākaraḥ | ratnāditya iti khyāto nijanāmnā mahā tmanā

Translation

Dort wurde von ihm die Sonne, der Gott der Götter, Dīvakara, eingesetzt; und jener Großgesinnte wurde unter seinem eigenen Namen als Ratnāditya bekannt.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (करण) एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (Instrumental singular of pronoun)

• संस्थापितः: was established/installed
• संस्थापितः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (Past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• देवदेवः: god of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• दिवाकरः: the Sun (day-maker)
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव + आकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (दिवं करोति/दिवं आकरोति इति—सूर्यः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• रत्नादित्यः: Ratnāditya (name/title)
• रत्नादित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (रत्न-सदृशः/रत्न-विशिष्टः आदित्यः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• ख्यातः: was known/called
• ख्यातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (Past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• निजनाम्ना: by (his) own name
• निजनाम्ना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (निजं नाम); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (Instrumental)

• महत्मना: by the great-souled one
• महत्मना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् आत्मा यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (Instrumental)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sūrya image is ceremonially installed in a sanctified field; priests and villagers witness the consecration as the deity gains the epithet Ratnāditya.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Ratnāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude matures into devotion: receiving tīrtha-grace leads to establishing worship (pratiṣṭhā) that benefits future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratnāditya Tīrtha—where Sūrya (Divākara) is said to have been installed, linked to Viśvāmitra-jala in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā/saṃsthāpana) of Divākara (Sūrya), establishing ongoing worship at the tīrtha.