Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

पूजयेच्चापि तं देवं भास्करं वारितस्करम् । अद्यापि कलिकालेऽपि तत्र स्नातो नरः शुचिः

Transliteration

pūjayeccāpi taṃ devaṃ bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram | adyāpi kalikāle'pi tatra snāto naraḥ śuciḥ

Translation

И следует также поклоняться тому божеству Бхаскаре, Солнцу, устраняющему «водяного вора» — грехи и скорби; и ныне, даже в век Кали, человек, омывшийся там, становится чистым.

Word by Word

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘one should worship’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ)

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘god’

• भास्करम्: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करम्: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देवस्य विशेषण/नाम

• वारितस्करम्: protector against thieves
• वारितस्करम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारित + तस्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भास्करम्/देवम्); ‘thief-restraining’/‘one who prevents thieves’

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अप्यर्थ: ‘even/also’)

• कलिकाले: in the Kali age
• कलिकाले: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the Kali age’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अप्यर्थ)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having bathed’

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure; clean
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe and then worship Bhāskara with arghya; the Sun is depicted as a radiant deity whose rays ‘drive away’ dark, thieving impurities; the scene explicitly signals Kali-yuga hope.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Kali-yuga
• snāna
• pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in Kali-yuga, the combined path of tīrtha-snāna and Bhāskara-pūjā remains a powerful means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhāskara-associated kuṇḍa/tīrtha described in Adhyāya 212 of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at the tīrtha and worship (pūjā) of Bhāskara.