Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एवं गते ततः सार्थे प्रोद्गते सूर्यमंडले । तीव्रतापपरिस्पृष्टो जजागार ततः परम्

Transliteration

evaṃ gate tataḥ sārthe prodgate sūryamaṃḍale | tīvratāpaparispṛṣṭo jajāgāra tataḥ param

Translation

இவ்வாறு கூட்டம் முன்னே சென்றபின் சூரியமண்டலம் உதயமானது. கடும் வெப்பத்தால் சுட்டெறிந்தவன் பின்னர் விழித்தெழுந்தான்.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• गते: when (it) had passed
• गते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute component)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे?—अत्र सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative singular) 'gate' = 'when (it) had gone/when it was past'

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• सार्थे: in/with the caravan
• सार्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• प्रोद्गते: when (it) had risen
• प्रोद्गते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute component)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+गम् (धातु) → उद्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative singular)

• सूर्यमण्डले: in the solar orb
• सूर्यमण्डले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सूर्यस्य मण्डलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• तीव्रतापपरिस्पृष्टः: touched/afflicted by intense heat
• तीव्रतापपरिस्पृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र + ताप + परि+स्पृश् (धातु) → परिस्पृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: समास (तत्पुरुष: तीव्रतापेन परिस्पृष्टः); भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• जजागार: awoke
• जजागार: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• परम्: afterwards
• परम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय/विशेषण-रूप)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative): 'afterwards/further'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — inferred for Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrthamāhātmya narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A caravan has moved on; the sun’s disk climbs high. A lone traveler lies or stirs on hot sand, skin parched, the horizon shimmering with heat-haze.

Characters & Entities

• Sun (sūrya)
• Heat (tāpa)
• Caravan (sārtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering awakens discernment; Purāṇic māhātmyas often turn crisis into a doorway for divine remembrance and rescue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the narrative arc supporting the Ānarteśvara tīrtha-māhātmya in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.