Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अयं तनुः समायाति सविता रक्तमंडलः । निगदिष्यति मे वार्तां नूनं कच्चित्त्वदुद्भवाम्

Transliteration

ayaṃ tanuḥ samāyāti savitā raktamaṃḍalaḥ | nigadiṣyati me vārtāṃ nūnaṃ kaccittvadudbhavām

Translation

Giờ đây mặt trời tiến đến, dáng vẻ hiền hòa, với vành đĩa đỏ thắm. Hẳn Người sẽ báo cho ta một tin tức—có lẽ là điều gì phát sinh liên quan đến nàng.

Word by Word

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tanuḥ: body
• tanuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• samāyāti: comes, approaches
• samāyāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः सम्+आ

• savitā: the sun
• savitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• rakta-maṃḍalaḥ: having a red disc
• rakta-maṃḍalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (raktaṃ maṃḍalaṃ yasya/ rakta-maṃḍalaḥ) विशेषणम् (savitā)

• nigadiṣyati: will tell, will report
• nigadiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + gad (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः नि

• me: my, to me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (enclitic)

• vārtām: news, message
• vārtām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-अवधारण (particle of certainty)

• kaccit: whether, I wonder if
• kaccit: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kaccit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-निपात (interrogative particle ‘whether?’)

• tvad-udbhavām: arising from you; about you
• tvad-udbhavām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम) + udbhavā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (tvattah udbhavā) विशेषणम् (vārtām)

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed male speaker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The crimson-rimmed sun rises gently; the speaker lifts his face with fragile hope, as if awaiting a message carried by light.

Characters & Entities

• Savitā (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In suffering, the mind seeks omens and messengers; dharma redirects that longing into prayer and right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the māhātmya’s narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.