Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततः पंचदशे वर्षे संप्राप्ते भगवान्रविः । वटवृक्षं समाश्रित्य समीपस्थमुवाच तम्

Transliteration

tataḥ paṃcadaśe varṣe saṃprāpte bhagavānraviḥ | vaṭavṛkṣaṃ samāśritya samīpasthamuvāca tam

Translation

પછી પંદરમું વર્ષ આવતાં ભગવાન રવિ પ્રગટ થયા; વટવૃક્ષનો આશ્રય લઈને, નજીક ઊભેલા તેને સંબોધીને બોલ્યા।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषणम् — 'then'

• पंचदशे: in the fifteenth
• पंचदशे: Adhikaraṇa (Time qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcadaśa (पञ्चदश-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (पञ्च + दश) — 'in the fifteenth' (qualifies वर्षे)

• वर्षे: year
• वर्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (वर्ष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — 'in the year'

• संप्राप्ते: having arrived (when it arrived)
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√prāp (प्राप् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) — 'when (it) had arrived' (i.e., when the 15th year arrived)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (भगवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'the Blessed/Lord' (qualifies रविः)

• रविः: the Sun
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (रवि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'Ravi (Sun)'

• वटवृक्षम्: the banyan tree
• वटवृक्षम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṭa + vṛkṣa (वट + वृक्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'banyan tree' (object of resorting)

• समाश्रित्य: having resorted to
• समाश्रित्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√śri (श्रि धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having resorted to'

• समीपस्थम्: standing nearby
• समीपस्थम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samīpa + stha (समीप-प्रातिपदिक + स्थ-प्रातिपदिक from √sthā/स्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (samīpe sthitaḥ) — 'standing near' (qualifies तम्)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — 'said/spoke'

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'him'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After fifteen years, a radiant Sūrya manifests in anthropomorphic form beside the banyan, halo blazing; Gālava stands nearby, astonished yet composed, ready to receive words.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān Ravi (Sūrya)
• Vaṭavṛkṣa (banyan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Long, steady discipline bears fruit: the deity personally grants darśana and guidance when devotion is sustained without wavering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A vaṭa-associated kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa is implied; the verse does not supply a place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it records the fruition of prior worship—Sūrya’s appearance and direct speech.