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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अथ गाथा पुरा गीता नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । दृष्ट्वा पुत्रप्रदं देवं वटादित्यं सुरेश्वरम्

Transliteration

atha gāthā purā gītā nāradena surarṣiṇā | dṛṣṭvā putrapradaṃ devaṃ vaṭādityaṃ sureśvaram

Translation

Or, jadis, Nārada, le sage parmi les dieux, chanta une stance après avoir contemplé Vaṭāditya, le Seigneur divin, dispensateur de fils.

Word by Word
अथnow/then
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/now-then)
गाथाa song/verse
गाथा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन
पुराformerly/once
पुरा:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
गीताsung/recited
गीता:
Karma (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्मभाव)
TypeVerb
Root√गै (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘गाथा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
नारदेनby Nārada
नारदेन:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन
सुरर्षिणाby the divine sage
सुरर्षिणा:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणाम् ऋषिः); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; ‘नारदेन’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)
पुत्रप्रदम्granting a son
पुत्रप्रदम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्र + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्रं प्रददाति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; ‘देवम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन
वटादित्यम्Vaṭāditya (Sun associated with the banyan)
वटादित्यम्:
Karma (Apposition to object/कर्मसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवट + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (वटस्य आदित्यः/वट-आदित्य-नाम); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘देवम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन
सुरेश्वरम्lord of the gods
सुरेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणाम् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘देवम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭāditya / Sāmbasūrya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, radiant and veena-bearing, beholds Vaṭāditya—Sūrya as a lordly deity associated with a sacred banyan (vaṭa)—and sings an ancient gāthā praising the son-bestowing power.

Characters & Entities
N
Nārada
V
Vaṭāditya

FAQs

When a tīrtha’s power is witnessed by exalted sages like Nārada, its praise becomes a transmitted hymn, strengthening faith and remembrance.

Vaṭāditya, the Sūrya-associated sacred presence linked to the banyan (vaṭa).

Introduction to a hymn (gāthā/stotra) attributed to Nārada; the next verses would typically contain the recitation content.

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