Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
ततोऽपराह्णसमये स्नात्वा धौतांबरः शुचिः । प्रतिमां पूजयेद्भक्त्या दिनाधिपसमुद्भवाम्
Transliteration
tato'parāhṇasamaye snātvā dhautāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ | pratimāṃ pūjayedbhaktyā dinādhipasamudbhavām
Translation
次いで午後の時刻に、沐浴して清らかな衣をまとい、身心を浄め、日の主（スーリヤ）より現れた御像（プラティマー）を信愛もって礼拝すべし。
Word by Word
tataḥthereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)
aparāhṇa-samayeat the afternoon time
aparāhṇa-samaye:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootaparāhṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): अपराह्णस्य समये (in the time of afternoon)
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√snā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): स्नात्वा = स्नानं कृत्वा (having bathed)
dhauta-āmbaraḥwearing washed garments
dhauta-āmbaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhauta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √dhāv/√dhau ‘to wash’, क्त) + āmbara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: धौतं अम्बरं यस्य (one whose garment is washed)
śuciḥpure
śuciḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśuci (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
pratimāmthe image (idol)
pratimām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpratimā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
pūjayetshould worship
pūjayet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pūj (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
dinādhipa-samudbhavāmborn of the Sun (lord of day)
dinādhipa-samudbhavām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdina (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhavā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): दिनाधिपस्य (सूर्यस्य) समुद्भवा (arisen from the lord of day)
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim at a tīrtha in the afternoon light, freshly bathed, in clean white cloth, standing before a radiant Sūrya-pratimā on a small altar, hands joined in devotion.
Characters & Entities
S
SūryaFAQs
Outer purity—bath and clean dress—supports inner devotion, making worship a complete dharmic act.
No particular tīrtha is named; the instruction centers on Sūrya-pūjā as part of the vrata.
Bathe in the afternoon, wear clean garments, remain pure, and worship a Sūrya pratimā with devotion.