Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अयं तनुः समायाति सविता रक्तमंडलः । निगदिष्यति मे वार्तां नूनं कच्चित्त्वदुद्भवाम्

Transliteration

ayaṃ tanuḥ samāyāti savitā raktamaṃḍalaḥ | nigadiṣyati me vārtāṃ nūnaṃ kaccittvadudbhavām

Translation

હવે સૌમ્ય આકારવાળો, રક્તમંડલધારી સવિતા નજીક આવી રહ્યો છે. નિશ્ચયે તે મને કોઈ વાર્તા કહેશે—કદાચ તારા વિષયે કંઈ ઉદ્ભવ્યું હશે.

Word by Word

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tanuḥ: body
• tanuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• samāyāti: comes, approaches
• samāyāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः सम्+आ

• savitā: the sun
• savitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• rakta-maṃḍalaḥ: having a red disc
• rakta-maṃḍalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (raktaṃ maṃḍalaṃ yasya/ rakta-maṃḍalaḥ) विशेषणम् (savitā)

• nigadiṣyati: will tell, will report
• nigadiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + gad (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः नि

• me: my, to me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (enclitic)

• vārtām: news, message
• vārtām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-अवधारण (particle of certainty)

• kaccit: whether, I wonder if
• kaccit: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kaccit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-निपात (interrogative particle ‘whether?’)

• tvad-udbhavām: arising from you; about you
• tvad-udbhavām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम) + udbhavā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (tvattah udbhavā) विशेषणम् (vārtām)

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed male speaker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The crimson-rimmed sun rises gently; the speaker lifts his face with fragile hope, as if awaiting a message carried by light.

Characters & Entities

• Savitā (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In suffering, the mind seeks omens and messengers; dharma redirects that longing into prayer and right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the māhātmya’s narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.