Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तेनैव विधिना विप्र तस्यापि दिवसेशितुः । पूजां करोमि मध्याह्ने श्रद्धा पूतेन चेतसा

Transliteration

tenaiva vidhinā vipra tasyāpi divaseśituḥ | pūjāṃ karomi madhyāhne śraddhā pūtena cetasā

Translation

ఓ విప్రా, అదే విధానంతో నేనూ మధ్యాహ్న సమయంలో దినేశ్వరుడైన సూర్యదేవుని పూజ చేస్తాను, శ్రద్ధతో పవిత్రమైన మనస్సుతో।

Word by Word

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन = by that

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपातः/अवधारण) = indeed/only

• vidhinā: by the rite/procedure
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन = by the procedure

• vipra: O brāhmaṇa
• vipra: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन = O brāhmaṇa

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन = of him/of that

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपातः) = also/even

• divaseśituḥ: of the lord of the day (Sun)
• divaseśituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa + īśitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिवसस्य ईशिता) = of the lord of the day

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन = worship

• karomi: I perform
• karomi: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन = I do/perform

• madhyāhne: at midday
• madhyāhne: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyāhna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन = at midday

• śraddhā: faith
• śraddhā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (पाठभेदे 'श्रद्धया' अपेक्षितम्) = faith

• pūtena: purified
• pūtena: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pū)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त = purified

• cetasā: with (the) mind
• cetasā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन = with mind

Speaker

Devotee/narrated first-person voice addressing a brāhmaṇa (vipra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dina-īśa/Sūrya worship (associated station)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At blazing midday, a devotee offers arghya and flowers to the Sun, standing near a shrine or open courtyard, mind composed and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual becomes efficacious when performed consistently and inwardly—faith purifies the mind, making worship spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s sacred setting continues; the emphasis is on regulated worship within the tīrtha circuit associated with Muṇḍīrasvāmin/Sūrya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Midday pūjā of Sūrya, following the same established procedure (vidhi), performed with śraddhā.