Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पुष्प उवाच । तवार्थे च मया सूर्यः कायत्यागेन तोषितः । पतितत्त्वं न ते काये तत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

puṣpa uvāca | tavārthe ca mayā sūryaḥ kāyatyāgena toṣitaḥ | patitattvaṃ na te kāye tatprasādādbhaviṣyati

Translation

普什帕说道：为你之故，我以舍身之行令苏利耶（日神）欢喜。承其恩泽，你的身体将不致堕落败坏。

Word by Word

• पुष्पः: Puṣpa
• पुष्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अर्थे: for the sake (of)
• अर्थे: Prayojana-adhikarana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सूर्यः: the Sun (god)
• सूर्यः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• कायत्यागेन: by abandoning the body
• कायत्यागेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय + त्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—कायस्य त्यागः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तोषितः: was pleased/satisfied
• तोषितः: Kriya-bhava (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तोषित (कृदन्त; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सूर्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पतितत्त्वम्: fallen-ness/sinful state
• पतितत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतितत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (काये इत्यस्मिन् निषेध-विषयः)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• काये: in (your) body
• काये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तत्: of that (Sun)
• तत्: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; प्रसादात् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• प्रसादात्: from (his) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Puṣpa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-prasāda (Āditya-anugraha) within the Nāgara tīrtha narrative

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Caṇḍaśarman (and household)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpa declares he has pleased Sūrya through self-offering, assuring Caṇḍaśarman that no fallen condition will befall his body by the deity’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Sūrya
• Caṇḍaśarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless action for another’s welfare, when aligned with devotion, becomes a vehicle for divine grace and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the ongoing Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative, though the verse focuses on Sūrya’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed; the act highlighted is kāyatyāga (self-offering) as an extreme form of devotion in the story.