Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा सहस्रांशुस्तत्रैवां तरधीयत । दीपवल्लक्षितो नैव केन मार्गेण निर्गतः

Transliteration

evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustatraivāṃ taradhīyata | dīpavallakṣito naiva kena mārgeṇa nirgataḥ

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว สหัสรางศุอันมีรัศมีพันประการก็อันตรธาน ณ ที่นั้นเอง มิได้เห็นแม้ดุจประทีป และไม่รู้เลยว่าเสด็จออกไปทางใด

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + उक्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having said)

• सहस्रांशुः: the Sun (thousand-rayed)
• सहस्रांशुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सहस्राणाम् अंशवः यस्य)

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

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared/vanished
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु—अन्तर्धा (अन्तर्धानार्थ)

• दीपवत्: like a lamp
• दीपवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (simile adverb)

• लक्षितः: was seen/was noticed
• लक्षितः: Kriya (State/passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लक्ष् (धातु) + लक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘(सः) लक्षितः’

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• केन: by which
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• मार्गेण: by what path/route
• मार्गेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• निर्गतः: went out/departed
• निर्गतः: Kriya (Action/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्गम् (धातु) + निर्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे ‘(सः) निर्गतः’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; reporting Sūrya’s departure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame audience, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Immediately after speaking, Sūrya’s form dissolves into pure radiance; the space where he stood is empty, leaving only a fading aura, while the onlooker searches the sky and directions in bewilderment.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sahasrāṃśu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is not bound by ordinary movement or visibility; revelation and withdrawal occur by divine will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it concludes the instruction by narrating Sūrya’s disappearance.