Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कोटिद्वादशकं यस्तु सूर्याणां पूजयेन्नरः । तत्फलं प्राप्नुयात्कृत्स्नं पूजयन्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

koṭidvādaśakaṃ yastu sūryāṇāṃ pūjayennaraḥ | tatphalaṃ prāpnuyātkṛtsnaṃ pūjayannātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດກໍຕາມ ທີ່ບູຊາພຣະສູຣຍະ 12 ໂກຕິ (ຮູບພາບແຫ່ງພຣະອາທິດ) ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະໄດ້ຮັບຜົນທັງໝົດຢ່າງຄົບຖ້ວນ ໂດຍການບູຊາຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້—ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສເລີຍ।

Word by Word

• koṭi-dvādaśakam: a set of twelve crores
• koṭi-dvādaśakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + dvādaśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कोटीनां द्वादशकं)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• sūryāṇām: of the Suns (solar deities)
• sūryāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tat-phalam: that fruit/result
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् एव फलम्)

• prāpnuyāt: would obtain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु) उपसर्गः प्र-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• kṛtsnam: entire/complete
• kṛtsnam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणं (फलम्)

• pūjayan: worshipping
• pūjayan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a brāhmaṇa interlocutor (dvija-śreṣṭha addressed in the next verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers arghya and flowers to a radiant Sūrya presence at a sanctified spot; multiple solar discs or twelvefold rays subtly indicate ‘twelve crores of Sūryas’ as an infinite multiplicity condensed into one shrine-space.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Āditya-vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha concentrates spiritual potency: worship performed there is said to yield immense merit, equivalent to vast acts of devotion elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where solar worship is declared extraordinarily fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of Sūrya (solar forms/Ādityas) in this kṣetra is prescribed as a means to obtain the full promised fruit without doubt.