Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

एवं संवदतां तेषां भगवांस्तीक्ष्णदीधितिः । अस्ताचलमनुप्राप्तः कुंकुमक्षोदसंनिभः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃvadatāṃ teṣāṃ bhagavāṃstīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ | astācalamanuprāptaḥ kuṃkumakṣodasaṃnibhaḥ

Translation

ເມື່ອພວກເຂົາກ່າວກັນຢ່າງນັ້ນ ພຣະຜູ້ມີລຳແສງຄົມກ້າ—ພຣະອາທິດ—ໄດ້ເຖິງພູແຫ່ງການຕົກ ປານດັ່ງຜົງຫຍ້າຝຣັ່ງ(ຊາຟຣອນ)ທີ່ຖືກບົດລະອຽດ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• संवदताम्: (of) those conversing
• संवदताम्: Śaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ+vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; वर्तमानकाले; षष्ठी-बहुवचनस्य कृदन्तवत् प्रयोगः (genitive plural sense: “of those who are conversing”); वर्तमानकालिक वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्राय (present participial sense)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Śaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed one (the Sun)
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तीक्ष्णदीधितिः: sharp-rayed (one)
• तीक्ष्णदीधितिः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīdhiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (तीक्ष्णा दीधितिः यस्य सः/सा)

• अस्ताचलम्: the western mountain (mountain of setting)
• अस्ताचलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astācala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अस्तस्य अचलः)

• अनुप्राप्तः: having reached
• अनुप्राप्तः: Karta (Predicate participle agreeing with subject/कर्तृसमन्वय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu+√prāp (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having reached)

• कुंकुमक्षोदसंनिभः: resembling saffron powder
• कुंकुमक्षोदसंनिभः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṃkuma (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣoda (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कुंकुमक्षोदस्य संनिभः = like saffron-powder)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of sages and a reverent king converse as the Sun, saffron-like, sinks toward the western ridge; the sky turns kuṅkuma-gold, casting long shadows over a pilgrimage encampment.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narratives often mark dharmic decisions with cosmic rhythm—sunset signals a transition into the night of watchfulness and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides the temporal setting (sunset) within the chapter’s tīrtha-focused story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as a narrative time-marker often associated with evening observances in dharma literature.