Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा सहस्रांशुस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । पुष्पोऽपि चाक्षतांगत्वं तत्क्षणात्समपद्यत

Transliteration

evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | puṣpo'pi cākṣatāṃgatvaṃ tatkṣaṇātsamapadyata

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് സഹസ്രാംശു (സൂര്യൻ) പിന്നെ ദൃഷ്ടിയിൽ നിന്ന് അപ്രത്യക്ഷനായി. പുഷ്പനും അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ അക്ഷതാവയവങ്ങളോടെ പൂർണ്ണദേഹസ്ഥിതി പ്രാപിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (Adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having said’

• सहस्रांशुः: the Sun (thousand-rayed)
• सहस्रांशुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); बहुव्रीहिः—‘whose rays are thousand’ = सूर्य (Sun)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (Adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• अदर्शनम्: disappearance, invisibility
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd) एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); ‘अदर्शन’ = disappearance/invisibility

• गतः: went, departed (became)
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• पुष्पः: Puṣpa (name) / the flower (contextual)
• पुष्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्यय (also)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• अक्षताङ्गत्वम्: the state of being uninjured/whole-limbed
• अक्षताङ्गत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षत (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); समासः—अक्षत + अङ्गत्व (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘state of having uninjured limbs’)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment, instantly
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); समासः—तत् + क्षण (तत्पुरुष: ‘that very moment’)

• समपद्यत: attained, came to be
• समपद्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; धातुः—पद् with उपसर्ग ‘सम्’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, likely Sūta continuing the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the māhātmya frame (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Sun (Sahasrāṃśu) speaks a boon, then dissolves into blazing light and vanishes; at that instant Puṣpa’s body becomes whole and uninjured, standing renewed in the sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sahasrāṃśu)
• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic theme of immediate fruit (sadyo-phala) is emphasized—divine words culminate in tangible transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode functions within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it records the result of a boon and the deity’s departure.