Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

भानुसंदर्शनाच्छुद्धिर्विहिता सर्वकर्मसु । चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण जलशुद्धिस्तु भाविनी

Transliteration

bhānusaṃdarśanācchuddhirvihitā sarvakarmasu | cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa jalaśuddhistu bhāvinī

Translation

In allen Riten ist die Reinigung durch das Schauen der Sonne geboten; und besonders während des Cāturmāsya ist die Reinigung durch Wasser überaus wirksam.

Word by Word

• भानुसंदर्शनात्: from seeing the sun
• भानुसंदर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु + संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause)

• शुद्धिः: purity
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विहिता: is prescribed/ordained
• विहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोगे (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शुद्धेः विशेषणम्

• सर्वकर्मसु: in all rites/actions
• सर्वकर्मसु: Adhikarana (Location/Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; अधिकरणे (domain/locative)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (time-locative)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीयान्त-क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial instrumental: especially)

• जलशुद्धिः: purification by water
• जलशुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• भाविनी: will occur/is to be (effective)
• भाविनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) + णिनि (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (future/aptative sense: 'that which will be'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जलशुद्धेः विशेषणम्

Speaker

Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue; inferred from chapter colophon context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at dawn facing the rising Sun, hands in añjali, then turns toward a river/ghāṭa to perform purificatory bathing during the rainy-season vow period.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sun)
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is both cosmic and ritual: sūrya-darśana supports all rites, while Cāturmāsya highlights water-purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is general, but it sits within Gaṅgā-water snāna praise in the chapter’s tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Behold the Sun for ritual purity; emphasize water-based purification, especially during Cāturmāsya.