Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे सूर्यः पतिव्रतकृताद्भयात् । नाभ्युदेति समुत्पन्नस्ततः कालात्ययो महान्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare sūryaḥ pativratakṛtādbhayāt | nābhyudeti samutpannastataḥ kālātyayo mahān

Translation

Между тем, из страха перед силой, порождённой пативратой, Солнце не взошло; и оттого возникло великое нарушение хода времени.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• antare: in the interval
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (अन्तर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; मध्ये/अवसरे

• sūryaḥ: the sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (सूर्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• pativratakṛtāt: caused by the chaste wife
• pativratakṛtāt: Hetu (Cause qualifier/हेतु-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pativratā (पतिव्रता प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पतिव्रता-कृत (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः: 'पतिव्रतया कृतम्'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (भयात् इति पदस्य विशेषणम्); पञ्चमी (5th/ablative); एकवचन

• bhayāt: from fear
• bhayāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (भय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative); एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• abhyudeti: rises
• abhyudeti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√ud-i (अभि + उद् + इ धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• samutpannaḥ: having arisen; occurring
• samutpannaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicative adjunct/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√pad (सम् + उद् + पद्/पद् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; 'समुत्पन्नः' = उत्पन्नः

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (ततः अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्

• kālātyayaḥ: a great lapse/overstepping of time
• kālātyayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (काल) + atyaya (अत्यय)
• Form: काल-अत्यय (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'कालस्य अत्ययः' = time-overrun/aberration); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• mahān: great
• mahān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (महत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; 'कālātyayaḥ' इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta-like narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Implied) Māṇḍavya-tīrtha episode-site

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sky remains dark; the sun’s chariot is held back as if halted by an unseen force born of a pativratā’s vow; people sense an uncanny delay of dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Pativratā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pativratā-dharma is portrayed as spiritually potent enough to influence even cosmic rhythms, underscoring the supremacy of virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative; it highlights cosmic consequences around the tīrtha episode rather than naming the site here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the failure of sunrise disrupts time-bound rites, but no specific rite is prescribed in this verse.