Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

एकविंशतिसामानि आदित्येष्टानि यानि च । सामगाः कीर्तयिष्यंति येऽत्रस्थाः शुचयः स्थिताः

Transliteration

ekaviṃśatisāmāni ādityeṣṭāni yāni ca | sāmagāḥ kīrtayiṣyaṃti ye'trasthāḥ śucayaḥ sthitāḥ

Translation

และบรรดาผู้ขับสาธยายสามเวทที่อยู่ ณ ที่นี้ ผู้บริสุทธิ์และมั่นคง จะขับร้องสามันทั้งยี่สิบเอ็ดบทซึ่งกำหนดไว้เพื่อบูชาอาทิตยะ (สุริยะ)

Word by Word

• ekaviṃśati-sāmāni: twenty-one Sāman hymns
• ekaviṃśati-sāmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekaviṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + sāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• ādityeṣṭāni: dear to Āditya (the Sun)
• ādityeṣṭāni: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya-iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √yaj इष्ट = यज्ञे इष्ट/प्रिय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आदित्यस्य इष्टानि)

• yāni: which
• yāni: Anuyogi (Relative pronoun/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sāmagāḥ: Sāma-chanters
• sāmagāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāma-ga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (साम्नः गाः/गायकाः)

• kīrtayiṣyanti: will recite/proclaim
• kīrtayiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kīrt (धातु) [causative of √kīrt/√kīrti?; कीर्तयति]
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

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

• atra-sthāḥ: staying here
• atra-sthāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atra (अव्यय) + √sthā (धातु) → stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव (अत्र स्थिताः)

• śucayaḥ: pure
• śucayaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• sthitāḥ: standing/remaining
• sthitāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) → sthita (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āditya-iṣṭa tīrtha setting (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmaga chanters stand/sit in a semicircle, singing with measured hand-gestures; the rising sun is central; the tīrtha steps and a small Āditya shrine appear; the chanters are depicted as radiant and composed.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Sāmagāḥ
• Sāman chants

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and steadfastness, joined with traditional Vedic praise of Sūrya, are exalted as powerful tīrtha-practices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage praises the sanctity of the ‘here’ (atra) location within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Sūrya-oriented tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sāma-veda singing of twenty-one Sāmans dedicated to Āditya.