Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। सूत उवाच । तथान्यदपि तत्रास्ति भास्करत्रितयं शुभम् । यैस्तुष्टैस्त्रिषु लोकेषु मानवो मुक्तिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

| sūta uvāca | tathānyadapi tatrāsti bhāskaratritayaṃ śubham | yaistuṣṭaistriṣu lokeṣu mānavo muktimāpnuyāt

Translation

ਸੂਤ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਉਸੇ ਥਾਂ ਇਕ ਹੋਰ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਭਾਸਕਰ-ਤ੍ਰਿਯ (ਸੂਰਯ ਦੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਪ੍ਰਕਟ ਰੂਪ) ਵੀ ਮੌਜੂਦ ਹੈ। ਜਦ ਉਹ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਣ, ਤਾਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Sūta

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — said

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — likewise/also

• anyat: another (thing)
• anyat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — another (thing)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — also/even

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — there

• asti: exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — is/exists

• bhāskaratritayam: a triad of Bhāskara (sun-shrines)
• bhāskaratritayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक) + tritaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — three Bhāskaras (a triad)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — auspicious; agrees with bhāskaratritayam

• yaiḥ: by which
• yaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — by which/with which

• tuṣṭaiḥ: when (they are) pleased
• tuṣṭaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — ‘being pleased’; (gods) pleased

• triṣu: in three
• triṣu: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन — in three

• lokeṣu: in the worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन — in the worlds

• mānavaḥ: a person
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — a man

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — liberation

• āpnuyāt: may attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — may obtain

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tritaya (triad of solar manifestations)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct containing three solar icons/shrines; pilgrims offer arghya as the narrator (Sūta) proclaims that pleasing these Bhāskaras grants liberation famed in the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion at a sanctified tīrtha can culminate not only in merit (puṇya) but in liberation (mokṣa) when the deity is pleased.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred locale within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, later identified in this chapter as the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra associated with three Bhāskaras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse emphasizes pleasing the Bhāskaras through devotion (bhakti), implying worship/ दर्शन as the operative act.