Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वं परित्यज्य गृहकृत्यं स भक्तिमान् । सूर्यमाराधयामास क्षेत्रेऽत्रैव समाहितः

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaṃ parityajya gṛhakṛtyaṃ sa bhaktimān | sūryamārādhayāmāsa kṣetre'traiva samāhitaḥ

Translation

Darum gab er alle häuslichen Pflichten auf; jener Fromme verehrte Sūrya, den Geist gesammelt, hier in diesem heiligen Bezirk.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) — 'thereafter/then'

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'everything' (object of abandoning)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive modifying main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययकृदन्त — 'having abandoned'

• गृहकृत्यम्: household duties
• गृहकृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha + kṛtya (गृह-प्रातिपदिक + कृत्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gṛhasya kṛtyam) — 'household duty/work'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — 'he'

• भक्तिमान्: devout
• भक्तिमान्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti-mant (भक्ति + मन्त् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (adjective) — 'possessed of devotion' (qualifies सः)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun (god)
• सूर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (सूर्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — object of worship

• आराधयामास: worshipped
• आराधयामास: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (राध् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — 'he worshipped'

• क्षेत्रे: in the holy place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (क्षेत्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — 'in the sacred place/field'

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa/Adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb) — 'here'

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle of emphasis) — 'indeed/just'

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'collected, composed, concentrated' (qualifies सः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted ascetic-like figure (Gālava) sets aside household implements and turns toward the rising sun within a sacred field, posture steady, mind absorbed.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Kṣetra (sacred field)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When life’s limitation is met, concentrated devotion performed in a sacred landscape (kṣetra) becomes a direct means to divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates “this very kṣetra” (kṣetre ’traiva) within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but does not name it in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Sūrya with samādhāna (mental concentration), implying a kṣetra-based vrata.