Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

एवं द्वादशधा सूर्यः स्थापितोऽत्र विपश्चिता । आराधितस्ततो नित्यं गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

evaṃ dvādaśadhā sūryaḥ sthāpito'tra vipaścitā | ārādhitastato nityaṃ gandhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ

Translation

Ainsi, le sage établit ici le Soleil en sa forme décuplée en douze aspects. Dès lors, il l’adora chaque jour avec parfums, fleurs et onguents sacrés.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थे (thus/in this manner)

• द्वादशधा: in twelve forms/ways
• द्वादशधा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वादशधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, धा-प्रत्ययान्त (distributive adverb) ‘in twelve ways’

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (कर्ता; subject of स्थापितः/आराधितः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• स्थापितः: was स्थापित/installed
• स्थापितः: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate in passive sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘installed/established’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb) ‘here’

• विपश्चिता: by the wise (person)
• विपश्चिता: Karana (करण/agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; ‘by the wise man’

• आराधितः: was worshipped
• आराधितः: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate in passive sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘worshipped’

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थे (thereafter)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचनप्रयोगः (adverbial accusative) ‘always’

• गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः: with perfumes, flowers, and unguents
• गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः: Karana (करण/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative) ‘गन्धाश्च पुष्पाणि च अनुलेपनानि च’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Twelve Sūrya icons stand installed; the sage performs daily worship, applying sandal/unguents, offering fresh flowers and fragrant substances in the morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places become spiritually potent through disciplined, daily worship offered with purity and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The text points to a particular tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa by saying “here” (atra); the exact place-name is not contained in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establish the twelvefold Sun and perform daily pūjā using gandha (fragrance), puṣpa (flowers), and anulepana (anointing).