Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तत्तस्याराधनं नित्यं करिष्यामि दिवानिशम् । तस्मात्प्रापय मां तत्र अनया सुतया सह

Transliteration

tattasyārādhanaṃ nityaṃ kariṣyāmi divāniśam | tasmātprāpaya māṃ tatra anayā sutayā saha

Translation

Je lui rendrai un culte constant, jour et nuit. C’est pourquoi conduis-moi là-bas, avec cette fille.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘आराधनम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण

• तस्य: of it/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आराधनम्: worship/propitiation
• आराधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always/regularly
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिवानिशम्: day and night
• दिवानिशम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय) + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण; समासः—द्वन्द्व (दिवा च निशा च) → अव्ययरूपेण ‘day and night’

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभूत-तसिल् (ablatival particle: ‘therefore/from that’)

• प्रापय: cause (me) to reach / take (me)
• प्रापय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अनया: with this (female)/with her
• अनया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सुतया: with (my) daughter
• सुतया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-शब्दः, सहार्थक-अव्यय (postposition)

Speaker

Satyasaṃdha (continuing the immediate dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The other king/companion addressed as the one who can ‘take me there’; also includes the addressed ‘son’ from prior verse context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satyasaṃdha, resolute, declares his intention to worship day and night and asks to be taken to Hāṭakeśvara along with his daughter; the scene shows a royal camp preparing for pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Vṛṣabhanātha
• daughter (sutā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, uninterrupted worship (nitya ārādhana) is upheld as the hallmark of devotion that ripens into merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The destination implied is Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the Vṛṣabhanātha liṅga is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Commitment to continuous worship—day and night—of the liṅga (ārādhana).