Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ततश्चक्रे पिता नाम वटेश्वर इति स्वयम् । वटस्थेन यतो दत्तः संतुष्टेनांशुमालिना

Transliteration

tataścakre pitā nāma vaṭeśvara iti svayam | vaṭasthena yato dattaḥ saṃtuṣṭenāṃśumālinā

Translation

പിന്നീട് പിതാവ് സ്വയം അവന് ‘വടേശ്വരൻ’ എന്നു നാമകരണം ചെയ്തു; കാരണം വടവൃക്ഷത്തിനരികിൽ വസിച്ച് പ്രസന്നനായ അംശുമാലി (സൂര്യൻ) അവനെ ദാനമായി നൽകിയിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla/Anantara (Then/thereafter)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• चक्रे: made/gave (a name)
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (नाम)

• वटेश्वरः: Vaṭeśvara
• वटेश्वरः: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object apposition/कर्मसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वट + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वटस्य ईश्वरः) नामरूपेण

• इति: thus (named)
• इति: Iti-marker (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Emphatic/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वटस्थेन: by the one standing in the banyan (tree)
• वटस्थेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वटस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वटे स्थः)

• यतः: because/from whom
• यतः: Hetu/Apadana-link (Cause/source connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय; यद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb; 'because/from whom')

• दत्तः: given/bestowed
• दत्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (वटेश्वरः/सः)

• संतुष्टेन: by the pleased
• संतुष्टेन: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अंशुमालिना)

• अंशुमालिना: by the Sun (garlanded with rays)
• अंशुमालिना: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु + मालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अंशूनां माली) सूर्यस्य नाम

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭeśvara (vaṭa-sthala memorial name)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The father performs naming, declaring the child ‘Vaṭeśvara’, with the banyan and the Sun’s remembered presence implied.

Characters & Entities

• Vaṭeśvara
• Aṃśumālī (Sūrya)
• Vaṭa (banyan tree)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are remembered through name-etymologies that bind deity, tree, and boon into a living tradition of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vaṭa-associated Sūrya presence that gives rise to the name Vaṭeśvara and the later fame of Vaṭāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; it explains the sacred naming connected to Sūrya’s boon at the banyan.