Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यः पश्यति वटादित्यं षष्ठ्यां चैत्रे विशेषतः । भास्कराकृत्स्नशो दृष्टास्तेन तत्रहि संस्थिताः

Transliteration

yaḥ paśyati vaṭādityaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caitre viśeṣataḥ | bhāskarākṛtsnaśo dṛṣṭāstena tatrahi saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

చైత్రమాసంలో ప్రత్యేకంగా షష్ఠీ తిథిన వటాదిత్యుని దర్శించువాడు, సమస్త భాస్కరుని దర్శించినవాడే; ఎందుకంటే అక్కడ సూర్యుని అన్ని రూపాలు స్థితిచెందినవి।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• वटादित्यम्: Vaṭa-Āditya (the Sun at/with the banyan)
• वटादित्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वट + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (tithi)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भास्कराकृत्स्नशः: as (if) the entire Bhāskara (Sun)
• भास्कराकृत्स्नशः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भास्कर + अकृत्स्नशस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'in entirety/as a whole')

• दृष्टाः: (are) seen
• दृष्टाः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, emphatic)

• संस्थिताः: (are) present/established
• संस्थिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to an audience of pilgrims/seekers; immediate vocative not in this verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before a radiant Sūrya icon beneath/near a venerable banyan (vaṭa), at dawn on Caitra-ṣaṣṭhī; rays spread as if many solar forms are present within one halo.

Characters & Entities

• Vaṭāditya
• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Caitra
• Ṣaṣṭhī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time and sacred place combine: darśana at the right tithi reveals the deity’s fullness and grants heightened merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vaṭāditya is glorified as a site where the Sun’s complete presence is accessible through darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Vaṭāditya, especially on Caitra-śukla/kr̥ṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (the sixth lunar day in Caitra).