Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

साऽब्रवीद्युक्तमुक्तं ते पांथेनानेन वल्लभ । तस्मात्तत्र द्रुतं गच्छ यत्र तद्भास्करत्रयम्

Transliteration

sā'bravīdyuktamuktaṃ te pāṃthenānena vallabha | tasmāttatra drutaṃ gaccha yatra tadbhāskaratrayam

Translation

นางกล่าวว่า “ที่รัก คำที่ผู้เดินทางผู้นี้บอกท่านนั้นชอบแล้ว เพราะฉะนั้นจงรีบไปยังสถานที่ซึ่งมีภาสกรทั้งสาม (เทพสุริยะ) สถิตอยู่”

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• युक्तम्: proper; fitting
• युक्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; युज् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उक्तम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• उक्तम्: what was said
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(एतत्) उक्तम्’ = what was said

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (to you)

• पांथेन: by the traveler
• पांथेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अनेन: by this (one)
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘पांथेन’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वल्लभ: O beloved
• वल्लभ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-न्यायेन अव्ययवत्; हेत्वर्थक (therefore)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Relative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (where)

• तद्भास्करत्रयम्: that triad of Bhāskaras (three suns)
• तद्भास्करत्रयम्: Adhikaraṇa/Viśeṣya (Target entity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘तत्-भास्कर-त्रयम्’ = that set of three suns; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Wife of the brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-traya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The wife, composed and resolute, gestures outward as if indicating the direction of the solar shrine; in the background, three radiant solar emblems or three small shrines aligned, suggesting Bhāskara-traya.

Characters & Entities

• pāṃtha (traveler)
• bhāskara-traya (triad of Bhāskaras/Sun-deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Good counsel should be acted upon promptly; swift movement toward tīrtha and darśana is praised as dharmic resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A locale identified by the presence of “bhāskaratraya” (three Bhāskara/Sūrya manifestations), elaborated further in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is practical—undertake the pilgrimage quickly for darśana of the deity-triad; no specific vrata/dāna is stated in this verse.