Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पश्चात्तत्पुरतस्तेषां समस्तान्येकविंशतिः । आदित्यव्रत संज्ञानि तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

Transliteration

paścāttatpuratasteṣāṃ samastānyekaviṃśatiḥ | ādityavrata saṃjñāni tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਾਮ੍ਹਣੇ ਹੀ, ਕੁੱਲ ਇਕੀ ਆਦਿਤ੍ਯ-ਵ੍ਰਤ ਨਾਮਕ ਵਰਤ-ਅਨੁਸ਼ਠਾਨ ਹਨ; ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਉਪਜਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਪੁੰਨ-ਫਲ ਸੁਣੋ।

Word by Word

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण = adverb ‘afterwards/behind’

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/प्रथमा-सम्भव; अत्र ‘तत्’ इति अव्ययवत् उपपद-पूर्वकं (purataḥ सह) = demonstrative ‘that’ used with purataḥ

• purataḥ: in front (thereof)
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण = adverb ‘in front’

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन = Masculine Genitive Plural pronoun

• samastāni: all, complete
• samastāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (saṃjñāni) = Neuter Nom./Acc. Pl adjective

• eka-viṃśatiḥ: twenty-one
• eka-viṃśatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka + viṃśati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वकः) ‘एकविंशतिः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine Nominative Singular (number)

• āditya-vrata-saṃjñāni: (rites) named ‘Āditya-vrata’
• āditya-vrata-saṃjñāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya + vrata + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुपद) ‘आदित्यव्रतस्य संज्ञानि’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन = Neuter Nom./Acc. Pl

• tasya: of that (rite)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Genitive Singular pronoun

• puṇya-phalam: meritorious fruit/result
• puṇya-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya + phala (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ‘पुण्यं फलम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter Accusative Singular

• śṛṇu: hear
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन = Imperative, 2nd sg

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the assembled Twelve Ādityas, a teacher-priest gestures as if enumerating observances; a scroll or palm-leaf manuscript is present; devotees listen, preparing to undertake vratas.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya-vrata
• Dvādaśa-Āditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined vows (vratas) structured as a sequence are portrayed as a systematic path to accruing puṇya and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The vratas are taught in the setting of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra where the Ādityas are installed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A set of twenty-one observances termed Āditya-vratas is introduced, with a promise to explain their merits.