Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
Devanagari script
एवं चिन्तयमानस्य भास्करो गगनांगणम् । समारुरोह तापेन तापयन्धरणीतलम्
Transliteration
evaṃ cintayamānasya bhāskaro gaganāṃgaṇam | samāruroha tāpena tāpayandharaṇītalam
Translation
Während er so nachsann, stieg die Sonne in den Hof des Himmels empor und sengte mit ihrer Glut die Oberfläche der Erde.
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (प्रकारवाचक)
चिन्तयमानस्यof (him) thinking; while he was pondering
चिन्तयमानस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Root√cint (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे—'of (him) who was thinking'
भास्करःthe sun
भास्करः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
गगनाङ्गणम्the courtyard/expanse of the sky
गगनाङ्गणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgagana (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (गगनस्य अङ्गणम्)
समारुरोहascended; climbed up
समारुरोह:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√ruh (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
तापेनby heat
तापेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
तापयन्heating; scorching
तापयन्:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√tap (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (भास्करः)
धरणीतलम्the surface of the earth
धरणीतलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (धरण्याः तलम्)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The sun climbs high into the sky-courtyard; heat shimmers over the ground; the pondering figure is dwarfed by the vast, bright firmament.
Characters & Entities
B
bhāskara (Sun)D
dharaṇī (Earth)FAQs
Time moves inexorably; the cosmos itself becomes a backdrop for karmic and moral unfolding in tīrtha narratives.
Not specified in this verse; it is descriptive context within a tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None.