Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा सहस्रांशुस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । पुष्पोऽपि चाक्षतांगत्वं तत्क्षणात्समपद्यत

Transliteration

evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | puṣpo'pi cākṣatāṃgatvaṃ tatkṣaṇātsamapadyata

Translation

یوں فرما کر سہسرانشو (سورج دیو) پھر نگاہوں سے اوجھل ہو گیا۔ اور پُشپ نے بھی اسی لمحے بےزخم اور کامل بدن کی حالت پا لی۔

Word by Word

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

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having said’

• सहस्रांशुः: the Sun (thousand-rayed)
• सहस्रांशुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); बहुव्रीहिः—‘whose rays are thousand’ = सूर्य (Sun)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (Adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• अदर्शनम्: disappearance, invisibility
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd) एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); ‘अदर्शन’ = disappearance/invisibility

• गतः: went, departed (became)
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• पुष्पः: Puṣpa (name) / the flower (contextual)
• पुष्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्यय (also)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• अक्षताङ्गत्वम्: the state of being uninjured/whole-limbed
• अक्षताङ्गत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षत (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); समासः—अक्षत + अङ्गत्व (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘state of having uninjured limbs’)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment, instantly
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); समासः—तत् + क्षण (तत्पुरुष: ‘that very moment’)

• समपद्यत: attained, came to be
• समपद्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; धातुः—पद् with उपसर्ग ‘सम्’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, likely Sūta continuing the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the māhātmya frame (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Sun (Sahasrāṃśu) speaks a boon, then dissolves into blazing light and vanishes; at that instant Puṣpa’s body becomes whole and uninjured, standing renewed in the sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sahasrāṃśu)
• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic theme of immediate fruit (sadyo-phala) is emphasized—divine words culminate in tangible transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode functions within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it records the result of a boon and the deity’s departure.