Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेंद्र संयोगं प्राप्य तत्त्वतः । तेनैव विधिना स्नात्वा त्वं पूजय दिवाकरम्

Transliteration

tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra saṃyogaṃ prāpya tattvataḥ | tenaiva vidhinā snātvā tvaṃ pūjaya divākaram

Translation

پس اے راجندر، اس مبارک موقع کو حقیقتاً پا کر، اسی طریقے کے مطابق غسل کر اور دیواکر (سورج دیوتا) کی پوجا کر۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्द (तद्); पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः—'तस्मात्' (therefore/from that)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• rājendra: O lord of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (rājñām indraḥ)

• saṃyogam: contact/association
• saṃyogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष कृदन्त (absolutive); अर्थे—'प्राप्य' (having obtained)

• tattvataḥ: in truth/accurately
• tattvataḥ: Prakaraṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) अर्थे—'यथार्थतः'

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• vidhinā: by the prescribed method
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); अर्थे—'स्नात्वा' (having bathed)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• pūjaya: worship
• pūjaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• divākaram: the Sun
• divākaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/Viśvāmitra (advising the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkha-tīrtha (Sūrya-associated)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra / King Siddhasena (context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, guided by a sage, stands at the tirtha after bathing; he faces the rising Sun, offering arghya with cupped hands; the Sun is depicted as Divākara with radiant rays, possibly with a lotus and chariot symbolism.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Royal power is sanctified by humility before tīrtha-dharma: follow the prescribed rite and worship the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting tied to Śaṃkhatīrtha/Śaṃkhāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna by the stated vidhi, followed by Sūrya (Divākara) pūjā.