Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा स मुनेर्वाक्यं भूमिपालो बृहद्बलः । तत्क्षणात्स्थापयामास सूर्यस्य प्रतिमां तदा

Transliteration

tacchrutvā sa munervākyaṃ bhūmipālo bṛhadbalaḥ | tatkṣaṇātsthāpayāmāsa sūryasya pratimāṃ tadā

Translation

മുനിയുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട ഭൂമിപാലൻ ബൃഹദ്ബലൻ അന്നേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ സൂര്യന്റെ പ്രതിമ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (speech)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; (श्रुत्वा) इत्यस्य कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• वाक्यम्: statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• भूमिपालः: the king (protector of the earth)
• भूमिपालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—भूमेः पालः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• बृहद्बलः: Bṛhadbala
• बृहद्बलः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहद्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूमिपालः इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण-विशेषण/नाम

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम्; कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

• स्थापयामास: caused to be set up / installed
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• प्रतिमाम्: image/idol
• प्रतिमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king supervises the raising of a Sūrya image on a pedestal; artisans and priests prepare the platform as sunlight falls directly upon the icon.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadbala
• Sūrya
• Viśvāmitra (implied as the sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel from a sage should be met with prompt, faithful action—devotion becomes concrete through sacred installation (pratiṣṭhā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same holy kṣetra of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, where Sūrya worship and related rites are said to bear exceptional fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sūrya-pratimā-sthāpanā (installing an image of the Sun) as the foundation for ongoing worship.