Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पारिजातमयीं मूर्तिं रवेर्लक्षणलक्षिताम् । सुप्रमाणां सुरूपां च श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा

Transliteration

pārijātamayīṃ mūrtiṃ raverlakṣaṇalakṣitām | supramāṇāṃ surūpāṃ ca śraddhāpūtena cetasā

Translation

L’esprit purifié par la foi, il façonna et érigea une forme divine semblable au pārijāta, marquée des signes propres à Ravi (le Soleil), aux justes proportions et d’une beauté harmonieuse.

Word by Word

• पारिजातमयीम्: made of pārijāta (coral tree)
• पारिजातमयीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारिजात (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘पारिजातमयी’ (made of pārijāta); ‘मूर्तिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मूर्तिम्: form, image
• मूर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• लक्षणलक्षिताम्: marked by (distinctive) signs
• लक्षणलक्षिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षित (√लक्ष् धातु → क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘लक्षणैः लक्षिता’ (marked by characteristics); ‘मूर्तिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सुप्रमाणाम्: well-proportioned
• सुप्रमाणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘सु-प्रमाणा’ (well-proportioned); ‘मूर्तिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सुरूपाम्: beautiful
• सुरूपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘सु-रूपा’ (beautiful); ‘मूर्तिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• श्रद्धापूतेन: with (a mind) purified by faith
• श्रद्धापूतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (√पू धातु → क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘श्रद्धया पूतेन’ (purified by faith); ‘चेतसा’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• चेतसा: with the mind
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, well-proportioned idol is fashioned—pārijāta-like in splendor—bearing solar emblems; Bhīṣma, inwardly purified by faith, oversees the creation and installation amid ritual purity.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Bhīṣma
• Pārijāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is grounded in śraddhā and expressed through careful, reverent consecration of divine forms at sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha being celebrated is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse emphasizes the act of consecration rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Creating/establishing a Sūrya (Ravi) mūrti with proper lakṣaṇas (iconographic signs) and correct proportions (pramāṇa), performed with faith.