Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति चित्ते स्वे धारयामि सदैव तु । विश्वरूपं तथा सूर्यं हृत्पंकजनिवासिनम्

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti citte sve dhārayāmi sadaiva tu | viśvarūpaṃ tathā sūryaṃ hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam

Translation

Từ đó trở đi, ta luôn giữ trong tâm mình Mặt Trời có hình tướng vũ trụ, đấng ngự trong hoa sen của trái tim.

Word by Word

• tataḥprabhṛti: from then on
• tataḥprabhṛti: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ + prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावसमासः (tataḥ + prabhṛti) = 'ततः आरभ्य' (from that time onward)

• citte: in (my) mind
• citte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular)

• sve: in one’s own
• sve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (citte इति विशेष्यस्य)

• dhārayāmi: I hold/retain
• dhārayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धारणार्थक क्रिया

• sadaiva: always
• sadaiva: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā + eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेकसूचकः (particle)

• viśvarūpam: universal-formed
• viśvarūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sūryam इति विशेष्यस्य)

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (in that manner/also)

• sūryam: the Sun
• sūryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam: dwelling in the lotus of the heart
• hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + paṃkaja (प्रातिपदिक) + nivāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (हृद्-पङ्कज-निवासिन् = 'हृदय-पद्मे निवसति इति'); विशेषणम् (sūryam)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person speaker (continuing the contemplative account)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijoत्तमāḥ (addressed brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin sits in stillness; within his chest a lotus blooms, and in its center shines the Viśvarūpa Sun—rays expanding to contain worlds, gods, and directions.

Characters & Entities

• sūrya
• viśvarūpa
• hṛtpaṅkaja (heart-lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Continuous remembrance (dhāraṇā) of the divine within the heart is portrayed as a sustaining yogic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it provides devotional-yogic meditation within the larger tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative prescription: dhāraṇā of Viśvarūpa Sūrya in the heart-lotus.