Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सूर्यो नीरोगतां दद्याद्भक्त्या यैः पूज्यते हि सः । चातुर्मास्ये समायाते विशेषफलदो नृणाम्

Transliteration

sūryo nīrogatāṃ dadyādbhaktyā yaiḥ pūjyate hi saḥ | cāturmāsye samāyāte viśeṣaphalado nṛṇām

Translation

Surya menganugerahkan kesehatan bebas penyakit kepada mereka yang memujanya dengan bhakti. Dan ketika musim suci Cāturmāsya tiba, pemujaan itu memberikan buah yang istimewa bagi manusia.

Word by Word

• सूर्यः: the Sun (god)
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• नीरोगताम्: health, freedom from disease
• नीरोगताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīroga (प्रातिपदिक) + -tā (तद्धित/भावप्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (abstract noun: “health”)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun: “by whom/with which”)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: “is worshipped”)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु (particle)

• सः: he (the Sun)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• समायाते: when (it) has arrived
• समायाते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative absolute: “when it has come”)

• विशेषफलदः: giver of special fruits (results)
• विशेषफलदः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘सूर्यः’). समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेषं फलं ददाति)

• नृणाम्: of men, for people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Beneficiary relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

Speaker

Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a listener within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers sunrise arghya to the radiant Sūrya during monsoon-season Cāturmāsya, with a disciplined, healing-focused devotional mood.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship, especially in Cāturmāsya, multiplies merit and supports both bodily well-being and dharmic uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is framed within Tīrthamāhātmya, but this line itself emphasizes the sacred season (Cāturmāsya) rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-based worship (pūjā) of Sūrya, highlighted as especially fruitful during Cāturmāsya.