Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

उडुलोक कथा तस्मात्ततः शुक्रसमुद्भवः । माहेय गुरुसौरीणां लोकानां वर्णनं ततः

Transliteration

uḍuloka kathā tasmāttataḥ śukrasamudbhavaḥ | māheya gurusaurīṇāṃ lokānāṃ varṇanaṃ tataḥ

Translation

وبعد ذلك تأتي حكايةُ أُدولوكا (Uḍuloka)؛ ثم منشأُ شُكرا (Śukra)؛ ثم وصفُ عوالمِ ماهيَيا (Māheya) وغورو، أي بْرِهَسْبَتي (Bṛhaspati)، وساوري، أي شَني (Śani).

Word by Word

• उडुलोक: the star-world
• उडुलोक: Karma/Topic (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उडु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (उडूनां लोकः)

• कथा: account; narration
• कथा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that; thereafter
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
• Form: अपादानार्थे अव्ययीभूत-रूपम् (therefrom)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• शुक्रसमुद्भवः: origin of Śukra (Venus)
• शुक्रसमुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शुक्रस्य समुद्भवः)

• माहेय: of Māheya (Mars)
• माहेय: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘माहेय’ = मङ्गल (son of Mahī; Mars)

• गुरुसौरीणाम्: of Guru (Jupiter) and Saurī (Saturn)
• गुरुसौरीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + सौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (गुरुश्च सौरीश्च)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वर्णनम्: description
• वर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

Speaker

Sūta — inferred (index continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial diagram: a starry Uḍuloka canopy, with four planetary thrones—Śukra radiant white, Māheya red, Guru golden, Saurī dark-blue—each with attendants; below, a sage points to the spheres as if teaching pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Uḍuloka
• Śukra
• Māheya
• Guru (Bṛhaspati)
• Saurī (Śani)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order (lokas and planetary powers) is presented as part of dharmic knowledge, situating human life within a sacred universe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is cosmological (lokas/grahas) rather than tīrtha-specific; it belongs to the index of topics within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.