Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्न न्तरे प्राप्तो नभोमध्यं दिवाकरः । वृषस्थो येन दह्यामि ह्युपरिष्टाच्छुभानना

Transliteration

etasminna ntare prāpto nabhomadhyaṃ divākaraḥ | vṛṣastho yena dahyāmi hyupariṣṭācchubhānanā

Translation

その間に太陽は天の中ほどに達し、牡牛宮にとどまって、上より我を焼き焦がした、ああ麗しき面の者よ。

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (locative: 'in this')

• अन्तरे: in the interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: having reached
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; प्र + √आप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP: 'having reached')

• नभोमध्यम्: the middle of the sky
• नभोमध्यम्: Karma (Goal/extent as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्-मध्य (प्रातिपदिक; नभस् + मध्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नभसः मध्यं)

• दिवाकरः: the sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक; दिवस + कर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दिवसस्य करः/कर्ता = सूर्यः)

• वृषस्थः: situated in Taurus
• वृषस्थः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषस्थ (प्रातिपदिक; वृष + स्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of दिवाकरः); समासः—तत्पुरुष (वृषे स्थितः)

• येन: by which, whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (instrumental: 'by which/whereby')

• दह्यामि: I burn / I am scorched
• दह्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; (अर्थे—'I am burned')

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/कारणार्थक (particle: 'indeed/for')

• उपरिष्टात्: from above, overhead
• उपरिष्टात्: Desha (Spatial/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरिष्टात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: 'from above/above')

• शुभानना: O fair-faced one
• शुभानना: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ-आनना (प्रातिपदिक; शुभ + आनन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (शुभं आननं यस्याः)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (addressing a listener as śubhānanā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'śubhānanā' (fair-faced one)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sun at zenith blazing down; a traveler looks upward shielding eyes, skin sunlit; the horizon bleaches; the address to a 'fair-faced one' suggests a companion or listener nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extreme heat symbolizes the intensification of suffering that precedes relief—often through a divinely protected water-source in tīrtha narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identified here; the verse heightens the setting (midday sun) before the tīrtha’s significance is fully disclosed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides astronomical and experiential context (the sun overhead, scorching heat).