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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

तस्मिन्काले नरो भक्त्या पश्येदप्येकमेवच । कृतक्षणो नरो मोक्षं सत्यं याति न संशयः

tasminkāle naro bhaktyā paśyedapyekamevaca | kṛtakṣaṇo naro mokṣaṃ satyaṃ yāti na saṃśayaḥ

就在那一刻,若有人以虔敬之心瞻礼,哪怕仅见其中一相,其刹那便得圆满;诚然必证解脱(mokṣa),毫无疑惑。

tasminat that
tasmin:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — in that
kāletime
kāle:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — time
naraḥa person
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — man/person
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — with devotion
paśyetshould see
paśyet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — should see
apieven
api:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — even/also
ekamone (of them)
ekam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — one (single)
evaonly
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — only/indeed
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय) — and
kṛtakṣaṇaḥhaving observed the proper moment
kṛtakṣaṇaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — one who has performed (the rite) at the proper moment; lit. ‘having made the moment’
naraḥthe person
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — man/person
mokṣamliberation
mokṣam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — liberation
satyamtruly
satyam:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsatya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् (क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः) — truly/indeed
yātiattains
yāti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — goes/attains
nano/not
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध) — not/no
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — doubt

Sūta

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tritaya (any one form, time-specific)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Scene: A devotee arrives exactly at the prescribed time, beholds one Bhāskara form with folded hands; the Sun’s rays form a luminous path upward, symbolizing mokṣa and the ‘fulfilled moment’.

B
Bhāskara (Sun)

FAQs

Devotional darśana at the proper sacred time is presented as sufficient to make life spiritually fruitful and lead toward mokṣa.

The triad of Bhāskara sites in this chapter (Muṇḍīra, Kālapriya, Mūlasthāna), especially when visited at their prescribed times.

Darśana (beholding) with bhakti at the indicated time; the verse stresses that even one such darśana is efficacious.

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