Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षसहस्रांते तुष्टस्तस्य दिवाकरः । वरदोऽस्मीति तं प्राह दृष्टिगोचरमागतः

Transliteration

tato varṣasahasrāṃte tuṣṭastasya divākaraḥ | varado'smīti taṃ prāha dṛṣṭigocaramāgataḥ

Translation

मग हजार वर्षांच्या शेवटी, प्रसन्न झालेला दिवाकर त्याच्या दृष्टीस पडला आणि म्हणाला—“मी वर देणारा आहे।”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• varṣa-sahasra-ante: at the end of a thousand years
• varṣa-sahasra-ante: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—वर्षाणां सहस्रस्य अन्ते इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• divākaraḥ: the Sun
• divākaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• varadaḥ: boon-giving
• varadaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (divākaraḥ)

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Adverbial (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-उक्तिवाचक (quotative)

• tam: to him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭi-gocaram: into the range of sight
• dṛṣṭi-gocaram: Gati-karman (Goal/गत्यर्थकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—दृष्टेः गोचरः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; ‘range of sight’

• āgataḥ: having come; arrived
• āgataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (कृदन्त; ā-√gam)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (divākaraḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravi-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-uttamāḥ / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After austere worship, the radiant Sun-god manifests before the devotee, filling the space with golden-red light; the devotee stands humbled as Sūrya offers a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Long, unwavering tapas and worship culminate in divine darśana and the granting of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ratnāditya/Sūrya sacred narrative connected with Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sustained worship/tapas over an extended period (symbolically a thousand years), leading to darśana and boon-bestowal.