Shloka 18 - Adhyaya 56 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Khmer | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ततश्चक्रे पिता नाम वटेश्वर इति स्वयम् । वटस्थेन यतो दत्तः संतुष्टेनांशुमालिना

Transliteration

tataścakre pitā nāma vaṭeśvara iti svayam | vaṭasthena yato dattaḥ saṃtuṣṭenāṃśumālinā

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះបិតាបានដាក់នាមដោយខ្លួនឯងថា «វដេស្វរ» ព្រោះគាត់ត្រូវបានព្រះអំសុម៉ាលី (ព្រះអាទិត្យ) ដែលពេញចិត្ត ខណៈស្ថិតក្រោមដើមវដ (ប៉ាន្យាន់) ប្រទានឲ្យ។

Word by Word

ततःthen

चक्रेmade/gave (a name)

पिताthe father

नामname

वटेश्वरःVaṭeśvara

इतिthus (named)

स्वयम्himself

वटस्थेनby the one standing in the banyan (tree)

यतःbecause/from whom

दत्तःgiven/bestowed

संतुष्टेनby the pleased

अंशुमालिनाby the Sun (garlanded with rays)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭeśvara (vaṭa-sthala memorial name)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The father performs naming, declaring the child ‘Vaṭeśvara’, with the banyan and the Sun’s remembered presence implied.

Characters & Entities

Vaṭeśvara

Aṃśumālī (Sūrya)

Vaṭa (banyan tree)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are remembered through name-etymologies that bind deity, tree, and boon into a living tradition of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vaṭa-associated Sūrya presence that gives rise to the name Vaṭeśvara and the later fame of Vaṭāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; it explains the sacred naming connected to Sūrya’s boon at the banyan.