Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततः संवत्सरस्यांते स्वप्ने मां भास्करोऽब्रवीत् । समेत्य प्रहसन्विप्रः संप्रहृष्टेन चेतसा

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte svapne māṃ bhāskaro'bravīt | sametya prahasanvipraḥ saṃprahṛṣṭena cetasā

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਵਰ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ਤੇ, ਸੁਪਨੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਸਕਰ ਸੂਰਯਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ; ਉਹ ਨੇੜੇ ਆ ਕੇ ਹੱਸਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਚਿੱਤ ਨਾਲ ਭਰ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्) = thereafter

• saṃvatsarasya: of the year
• saṃvatsarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन = of the year

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन = at the end

• svapne: in a dream
• svapne: Adhikarana (Location/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन = in a dream

• mām: me
• mām: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन = me

• bhāskaraḥ: the Sun
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन = Bhāskara (Sun)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन = said/spoke

• sametya: having approached
• sametya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) = having come/approached

• prahasan: smiling
• prahasan: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√has (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = laughing/smiling

• vipraḥ: (as) a brāhmaṇa
• vipraḥ: Karta (Apposition/subject descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन = brāhmaṇa

• saṃprahṛṣṭena: delighted
• saṃprahṛṣṭena: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-prahṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; saṃ-pra-√hṛṣ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (चेतसा) = with delighted

• cetasā: with (his) mind
• cetasā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन = with mind

Speaker

Narrator reporting a dream-vision; Bhāskara (Sūrya) is the speaking deity in the next verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara’s revelation at year-end (within the station’s māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa) referenced in the verse narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At night, the devotee sleeps near the shrine; in a luminous dream, the smiling Sun-god approaches and speaks, filling the heart with joy.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion at a sacred place invites divine response; the deity acknowledges the devotee through vision and reassurance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha where the year-long worship and residence were performed is implicitly glorified as the setting that culminates in Bhāskara’s dream-appearance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies completion of a year-long observance; the immediate ‘prescription’ is not a new rite but the resulting divine audience.