Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति चित्ते स्वे धारयामि सदैव तु । विश्वरूपं तथा सूर्यं हृत्पंकजनिवासिनम्

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti citte sve dhārayāmi sadaiva tu | viśvarūpaṃ tathā sūryaṃ hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam

Translation

ಆ ಸಮಯದಿಂದ ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಚಿತ್ತದಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾ ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪ ಸೂರ್ಯದೇವನನ್ನು, ಹೃದಯಪದ್ಮನಿವಾಸಿಯನ್ನು, ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಧಾರಣೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ।

Word by Word

• tataḥprabhṛti: from then on
• tataḥprabhṛti: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ + prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावसमासः (tataḥ + prabhṛti) = 'ततः आरभ्य' (from that time onward)

• citte: in (my) mind
• citte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular)

• sve: in one’s own
• sve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (citte इति विशेष्यस्य)

• dhārayāmi: I hold/retain
• dhārayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धारणार्थक क्रिया

• sadaiva: always
• sadaiva: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā + eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेकसूचकः (particle)

• viśvarūpam: universal-formed
• viśvarūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sūryam इति विशेष्यस्य)

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (in that manner/also)

• sūryam: the Sun
• sūryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam: dwelling in the lotus of the heart
• hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + paṃkaja (प्रातिपदिक) + nivāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (हृद्-पङ्कज-निवासिन् = 'हृदय-पद्मे निवसति इति'); विशेषणम् (sūryam)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person speaker (continuing the contemplative account)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijoत्तमāḥ (addressed brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin sits in stillness; within his chest a lotus blooms, and in its center shines the Viśvarūpa Sun—rays expanding to contain worlds, gods, and directions.

Characters & Entities

• sūrya
• viśvarūpa
• hṛtpaṅkaja (heart-lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Continuous remembrance (dhāraṇā) of the divine within the heart is portrayed as a sustaining yogic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it provides devotional-yogic meditation within the larger tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative prescription: dhāraṇā of Viśvarūpa Sūrya in the heart-lotus.