Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

आदित्य उवाच । यानि सूक्तानि ऋग्वेदे मदीयानि द्विजोत्तम । सावनानि यजुर्वेदे सामानि च तृतीयके

Transliteration

āditya uvāca | yāni sūktāni ṛgvede madīyāni dvijottama | sāvanāni yajurvede sāmāni ca tṛtīyake

Translation

Āditya bersabda: “Wahai yang terbaik antara kaum dwija, himne-himne (sūkta) dalam Ṛgveda yang menjadi milikku, rumusan Sāvana dalam Yajurveda, dan nyanyian Sāman dalam Veda ketiga (Sāmaveda)—”

Word by Word

• आदित्यः: Āditya (the Sun)
• आदित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; relative pronoun agreeing with ‘सूक्तानि’

• सूक्तानि: hymns
• सूक्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ऋग्वेदे: in the Ṛgveda
• ऋग्वेदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘in the Ṛgveda’

• मदीयानि: my, belonging to me
• मदीयानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; possessive adjective qualifying ‘सूक्तानि’

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘best of twice-born’

• सावनानि: Sāvana rites/sections
• सावनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘Sāvana (pressing) rites/sections’

• यजुर्वेदे: in the Yajurveda
• यजुर्वेदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘in the Yajurveda’

• सामानि: Sāman chants
• सामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘Sāman chants’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• तृतीयके: in the third (Veda)
• तृतीयके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘in the third (Veda)’ i.e., Sāmaveda

Speaker

Āditya (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (disciple)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āditya speaks, enumerating his presence in Ṛgvedic hymns, Yajurvedic sāvana formulas, and Sāmavedic chants; visualized as streams of script/mantras emanating from the sun-deity.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Sūrya
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma honors Vedic revelation and links devotion to Sūrya with disciplined mantra tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it frames a teaching within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It points to Vedic recitation/chanting—Ṛgvedic sūktas, Yajurvedic Sāvana formulas, and Sāmavedic sāman—associated with Sūrya.