Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्या ददौ सूर्यो लघिमा नाम शोभनाम् । विद्यां हि तत्प्रभावाय सुतुष्टेनांतरात्मना

Transliteration

tatastasyā dadau sūryo laghimā nāma śobhanām | vidyāṃ hi tatprabhāvāya sutuṣṭenāṃtarātmanā

Translation

پھر سورج دیوتا نے دل ہی دل میں خوش ہو کر اُس پر اُس قوت کے ظہور کے لیے ‘لَغِما’ نامی نہایت درخشاں ودیا عطا کی۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereupon/then'

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; pronoun 'of her'

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sūryaḥ: the Sun (god)
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• laghimā: Laghimā (lightness)
• laghimā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laghimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'laghimā' as a named power/attainment

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Visheshana (Naming particle/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): 'named/called'

• śobhanām: beautiful, auspicious
• śobhanām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śobhanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; agrees with 'vidyām' (understood/appositional)

• vidyām: knowledge, a vidyā
• vidyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): emphasis/indeed

• tat-prabhāvāya: for that effect/power
• tat-prabhāvāya: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'for its effect/power'

• sutuṣṭena: by (one who was) very pleased
• sutuṣṭena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sutuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ (धा॒तु) + सु-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle): 'well-pleased'

• antar-ātmanā: with (his) inner self/heart
• antar-ātmanā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'with inner self/heart'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya, radiant and golden, bestows a luminous ‘Laghimā’ vidyā upon a reverent brāhmaṇa-sage; rays descend like threads of light, signifying empowerment.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Laghimā (vidyā/siddhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and intention are pure, the deity grants empowering knowledge (vidyā) that enables higher attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The empowerment occurs within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting connected to Sūrya; the verse itself focuses on the boon rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it narrates the granting of a vidyā/siddhi as a fruit of divine favor.