Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

भास्कर उवाच । एवं मुने करिष्यामि तव वाक्यादसंशयम् । पूजयिष्यामि तल्लिंगं वर्षांते स्वयमेव हि

Transliteration

bhāskara uvāca | evaṃ mune kariṣyāmi tava vākyādasaṃśayam | pūjayiṣyāmi talliṃgaṃ varṣāṃte svayameva hi

Translation

ภาสกร (พระอาทิตย์) กล่าวว่า: “เป็นดังนั้นเถิด โอมุนี ข้าพเจ้าจะกระทำตามวาจาของท่านโดยปราศจากความสงสัย และเมื่อสิ้นปี ข้าพเจ้าจะบูชาลึงคะนั้นด้วยตนเองแน่นอน”

Word by Word

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (Adverb: thus)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाक्यात्: from (your) statement
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Cause/source: from your word)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (Adverbial accusative: without doubt)

• पूजयिष्यामि: I will worship
• पूजयिष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्-लिङ्गम्: that liṅga
• तत्-लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (Determinative: 'that liṅga'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वर्षान्ते: at the end of the year
• वर्षान्ते: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (Determinative: 'end of the year'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वयम्: by myself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphatic: by myself)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-अव्यय (Indeclinable: oneself)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (Emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (Emphatic particle)

Speaker

Bhāskara (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the sage (muni)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya (Bhāskara) speaks with folded hands or regal assurance to the sage, promising to worship the liṅga himself at year’s end; the liṅga shrine glows with solar light.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Muni
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic deities uphold dharma by honoring the sage’s injunction and worshipping Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where a particular liṅga was established; the surrounding verses identify the locality more precisely.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Sun declares a regular observance: he will worship the specified liṅga at the completion of the year.