Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

प्रक्रांते द्युमणौ दूरं शिवशर्मातिशर्मवान् । प्रोवाच भगवद्भक्तौ कथं लभ्यं रवेः पदम्

Transliteration

prakrāṃte dyumaṇau dūraṃ śivaśarmātiśarmavān | provāca bhagavadbhaktau kathaṃ labhyaṃ raveḥ padam

Translation

ولمّا مضى المتلألئ بعيدًا في المقدّمة، سأل شيفاشرمان، وقد امتلأ فرحًا عظيمًا: «بالبهاكتي للربّ، كيف تُنال منزلة الشمس؟»

Word by Word

• प्रक्रान्ते: when (he) had proceeded
• प्रक्रान्ते: Sati-saptami (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) / भूतकाले कृदन्त; सप्तमी-एकवचन नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (locative absolute sense) ‘when (he/it) had proceeded’

• द्युमणौ: in the Sun (as he moved)
• द्युमणौ: Sati-saptami (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘in/with the Sun’ (locative absolute with प्रक्रान्ते)

• दूरम्: far
• दूरम्: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb): ‘far’

• शिवशर्मा: Śivaśarman
• शिवशर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• अतिशर्मवान्: very delighted
• अतिशर्मवान्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + शर्मवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अतिशर्मवान्’ = अतिशयेन शर्म यस्य (very joyful/very happy)

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘he said’

• भगवत्: of the Lord
• भगवत्: Samasa-angam (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• भक्तौ: in devotion to the Lord
• भक्तौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘भगवद्भक्तौ’ = भगवतः भक्तौ (in devotion to the Lord)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्न/Interrogative adverb)

• लभ्यम्: obtainable
• लभ्यम्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/भाव्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be obtained/obtainable’

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• पदम्: state/position
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘place/state/position’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Dyumaṇi (Sūrya)
• Śivaśarman
• Bhagavat-bhakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse frames higher attainments as ultimately rooted in bhakti (devotion) and earnest inquiry into the path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding work is Kāśī-māhātmya, but this particular verse highlights Sūrya’s station (raveḥ padam) rather than a named Kāśī tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on bhakti as the means and on seeking instruction.