Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

यावदन्योर्कवारस्तु नैव तुष्टो दिवाकरः । पौर्णमासीदिने प्राप्ते वैराग्यं परमं गतः

Transliteration

yāvadanyorkavārastu naiva tuṣṭo divākaraḥ | paurṇamāsīdine prāpte vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Translation

Enquanto fosse outro dia (inadequado), Divākara, o Sol, não se agradava; mas, quando chegou o dia de Pūrṇamāsī, a Lua Cheia, ele alcançou o vairāgya supremo.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as; until
• यावत्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/संबन्ध-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (यावत् = 'as long as/until')

• अन्य-उर्क-वारः: another Sunday (day of the Sun)
• अन्य-उर्क-वारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक) + vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अन्यः अर्कवारः)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वय)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• एव: at all; indeed
• एव: Emphasis (Avadhāraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• तुष्टः: pleased; satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• पौर्णमासी-दिने: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमासी-दिने: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पौर्णमास्याः दिनम्)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-āp (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion; detachment
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme; highest
• परमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• गतः: went to; attained
• गतः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियापदवत् (परिणाम/अवस्था)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like scene: repeated days of worship with no visible divine response, then the full moon rises; the devotee’s face becomes serene, eyes detached, embodying vairāgya as the moonlight bathes the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Divākara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing in dharma (kāla) matters, and sacred observance ripens into inner detachment (vairāgya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification narrative, but it does not identify the tīrtha by name in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It emphasizes the significance of performing the observance on the Paurṇamāsī (full-moon day) for the Sun’s satisfaction.