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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 132

निश्चयं तु परं धृत्वा येऽपि स्तोष्यंति भास्करम् । ततस्तेऽपि प्रयास्यंति निर्भिद्य रविमंडलम्

niścayaṃ tu paraṃ dhṛtvā ye'pi stoṣyaṃti bhāskaram | tataste'pi prayāsyaṃti nirbhidya ravimaṃḍalam

Même ceux qui, tenant une résolution ferme et suprême, loueront Bhāskara (le Soleil), eux aussi s’en iront plus avant, perçant l’orbe solaire.

niścayamcertainty/resolve
niścayam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootniścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle)
paramsupreme/firm
param:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; niścayam इति विशेषण
dhṛtvāhaving held/maintained
dhṛtvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√dhṛ (धातु) → dhṛtvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
yewho
ye:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-भावबोधक अव्यय (particle)
stoṣyantiwill praise
stoṣyanti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√stu (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
bhāskaramthe Sun (Bhāskara)
bhāskaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana/Time (Temporal/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपादान/क्रमबोधक (from there/then)
tethey
te:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-भावबोधक अव्यय (particle)
prayāsyantiwill go/attain
prayāsyanti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√yā (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
nirbhidyahaving pierced/broken through
nirbhidya:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnir-√bhid (धातु) → nirbhidya (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
ravi-maṇḍalamthe solar orb
ravi-maṇḍalam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootravi (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रवेः मण्डलम्)

Unspecified in this snippet (narrative voice)

Tirtha: Bhāskara/Āditya-stuti tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A devotee stands at dawn offering arghya, eyes fixed on the sun; a subtle yogic ‘path’ (arc of light) is shown piercing the sun-disc, leading upward to a higher luminous realm; attendants/chanters remain on the ghat.

B
Bhāskara
R
Ravi-maṇḍala

FAQs

Unshakable resolve (niścaya) in praising Sūrya is depicted as enabling transcendence beyond ordinary cosmic limits.

A Sūrya-tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa where praising Bhāskara yields extraordinary spiritual ‘ascent’ imagery.

Stuti (praise/hymn) of Bhāskara performed with firm resolve (saṅkalpa-like niścaya).