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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । दक्षिणे चोत्तरे चापि संप्राप्ते चायनद्वये । पूजयित्वा पदं विष्णोरिमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | dakṣiṇe cottare cāpi saṃprāpte cāyanadvaye | pūjayitvā padaṃ viṣṇorimaṃ mantramudīrayet

Translation

Sūta sprach: „Wenn eines der beiden Sonnenwenden eintritt—die südliche oder die nördliche—, soll man, nachdem man die heilige Fußspur Viṣṇus verehrt hat, dieses Mantra rezitieren.“

Word by Word
सूतःSūta
सूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
दक्षिणेin the southern (solstice)
दक्षिणे:
Adhikarana (Time/Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; अयने इति अध्याहार्य (in the southern ayana)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
उत्तरेin the northern (solstice)
उत्तरे:
Adhikarana (Time/Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootuttara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; अयने इति अध्याहार्य (in the northern ayana)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (Emphatic particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अप्यर्थक/समुच्चय (particle: also/even)
संप्राप्तेwhen (it is) arrived
संप्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राप् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘संप्राप्त’ = प्राप्ते सति; सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
अयनद्वयेin the two ayanas (both solstices)
अयनद्वये:
Adhikarana (Time/Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootayana (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्विगु-समास (द्वे अयने यस्मिन्/द्वयम् अयनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन
पूजयित्वाhaving worshipped
पूजयित्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
पदम्the foot/abode
पदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
इमम्this
इमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; मन्त्रम् इति विशेषण
मन्त्रम्mantra
मन्त्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
उदीरयेत्should recite/utter
उदीरयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootईर्/ईरय् (धातु) + उद् (उपसर्ग) + णिच् (causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) अर्थे ‘उच्चारयेत्/प्रकटीकरोतु’
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viṣṇoḥ Pada

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn of solstice, devotees and priests worship a footprint pedestal with lamps, incense, tulasī and flowers; the sun is depicted at a turning point; mantra recitation in unison.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
V
Viṣṇu
V
Viṣṇupada
D
Dakṣiṇāyana
U
Uttarāyaṇa

FAQs

Purāṇic dharma unites sacred time and sacred place: worship at the right season, then seal it with mantra.

Viṣṇupada (the sacred footprint of Viṣṇu) as a tīrtha of special efficacy.

During either ayana (solstice season), perform Viṣṇupada pūjā and then recite the prescribed mantra.

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