Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

निश्चयं तु परं धृत्वा येऽपि स्तोष्यंति भास्करम् । ततस्तेऽपि प्रयास्यंति निर्भिद्य रविमंडलम्

Transliteration

niścayaṃ tu paraṃ dhṛtvā ye'pi stoṣyaṃti bhāskaram | tataste'pi prayāsyaṃti nirbhidya ravimaṃḍalam

Translation

Даже те, кто, удерживая твёрдую и высшую решимость, станет восхвалять Бхаскару (Солнце), — и они пойдут далее, словно пронзая солнечный диск.

Word by Word

• niścayam: certainty/resolve
• niścayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle)

• param: supreme/firm
• param: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; niścayam इति विशेषण

• dhṛtvā: having held/maintained
• dhṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dhṛ (धातु) → dhṛtvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भावबोधक अव्यय (particle)

• stoṣyanti: will praise
• stoṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• bhāskaram: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• bhāskaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana/Time (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमबोधक (from there/then)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भावबोधक अव्यय (particle)

• prayāsyanti: will go/attain
• prayāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• nirbhidya: having pierced/broken through
• nirbhidya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir-√bhid (धातु) → nirbhidya (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ravi-maṇḍalam: the solar orb
• ravi-maṇḍalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रवेः मण्डलम्)

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara/Āditya-stuti tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands at dawn offering arghya, eyes fixed on the sun; a subtle yogic ‘path’ (arc of light) is shown piercing the sun-disc, leading upward to a higher luminous realm; attendants/chanters remain on the ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Ravi-maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unshakable resolve (niścaya) in praising Sūrya is depicted as enabling transcendence beyond ordinary cosmic limits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Sūrya-tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa where praising Bhāskara yields extraordinary spiritual ‘ascent’ imagery.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (praise/hymn) of Bhāskara performed with firm resolve (saṅkalpa-like niścaya).