Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । चंद्रसूर्योपरागे वा अयने विषुवे तथा । तीर्थे वा पुरुषश्रेष्ठ तुलापुरुषसंभवम्

Transliteration

bhartṛyajña uvāca | caṃdrasūryoparāge vā ayane viṣuve tathā | tīrthe vā puruṣaśreṣṭha tulāpuruṣasaṃbhavam

Translation

بھرتریَجْن نے کہا: اے بہترین انسان! چاند یا سورج کے گرہن کے وقت، اَیَن (انقلابِ شمس) میں، وِشُو (اعتدال) میں، یا کسی مقدس تیرتھ پر تُلاپُرُش کا عمل انجام دیا جا سکتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• भर्तृयज्ञः: Bhartṛyajña (speaker)
• भर्तृयज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे: at a lunar or solar eclipse
• चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे: Adhikarana (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• अयने: at the solstice (ayana)
• अयने: Adhikarana (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विषुवे: at the equinox
• विषुवे: Adhikarana (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तीर्थे: at a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• पुरुषश्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• पुरुषश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तुलापुरुषसम्भवम्: the Tulāpuruṣa rite/act (arising as Tulāpuruṣa)
• तुलापुरुषसम्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुला (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara (contextual) / any tīrtha (explicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ānarta (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage enumerates auspicious occasions: sun and moon eclipses, solstices, equinoxes, and tīrthas—suggesting a cosmic calendar overlaying pilgrimage practice.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing (kāla) and sacred place (tīrtha) amplify dharmic acts; charity is aligned with cosmically significant moments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Any tīrtha is indicated as a fitting venue; the chapter’s broader tīrtha context supplies the specific locale being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Tulāpuruṣa (a major dāna-rite) on eclipses, solstices, equinoxes, or at a tīrtha.