Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मादाराधयिष्यामि तं गत्वा दिननायकम् । येन ते तादृशं भूयः प्रतुष्टो विदधाति सः

Transliteration

tasmādārādhayiṣyāmi taṃ gatvā dinanāyakam | yena te tādṛśaṃ bhūyaḥ pratuṣṭo vidadhāti saḥ

Translation

«C’est pourquoi j’irai adorer le Seigneur du Jour, le Soleil, afin que, grandement satisfait, il t’accorde de nouveau une telle forme.»

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ablative singular

• आराधयिष्यामि: I will worship/propitiate
• आराधयिष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; 1st person singular future

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; gerund ‘having gone’

• दिननायकम्: the lord of the day (Sun)
• दिननायकम्: Karma (Goal/object—Sun/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + नायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: दिनस्य नायकः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular

• येन: by whom; by which
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental singular relative pronoun

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; dative singular enclitic

• तादृशम्: such; of that kind
• तादृशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular adjective

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्ति/अधिक्यवाचक क्रियाविशेषण); adverb ‘again/more’

• प्रतुष्टः: highly pleased
• प्रतुष्टः: Karta (Qualifier of सः/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘well-pleased’

• विदधाति: bestows; provides
• विदधाति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular present

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular

Speaker

Māhikā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the beloved (transformed brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māhikā declares her intention to go and worship Dinanāyaka (Sūrya), confident that the pleased deity can grant the beloved his former/desired form again.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Dinanāyaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worldly emotion arises, the Purāṇic remedy is redirected devotion—seeking divine sanction and higher purpose through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies pilgrimage-like movement (“having gone”) to worship Sūrya, but does not specify the site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (worship) of Dinanāyaka/Sūrya to obtain divine favor and a boon.