Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

नमः सूर्य्यात्मने तुभ्यं संवित्किरणमालिने । हृत्कुशेशयकोषश्रीसमुन्मेषविधायिने

Transliteration

namaḥ sūryyātmane tubhyaṃ saṃvitkiraṇamāline | hṛtkuśeśayakoṣaśrīsamunmeṣavidhāyine

Translation

سلامٌ وخضوعٌ لك، يا من ذاتُه الشمس، المتوَّجُ بإكليلٍ من أشعّة الوعي الخالص؛ أنت الذي تُفَتِّحُ برعمَ لوتسِ القلب ليزهرَ في تمام بهائه.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation; homage
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (indeclinable interjection of salutation)

• sūrya-ātmane: to the Sun-souled one
• sūrya-ātmane: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सूर्यः आत्मा यस्य/सूर्यरूप आत्मा)

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• saṃvit-kiraṇa-māline: to the garlanded one with rays of consciousness
• saṃvit-kiraṇa-māline: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvit (प्रातिपदिक) + kiraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (संवितः किरणाः यस्य सः माली)

• hṛt-kuśeśaya-koṣa-śrī-samunmeṣa-vidhāyine: to the one who causes the blooming of the lotus-bud splendor in the heart
• hṛt-kuśeśaya-koṣa-śrī-samunmeṣa-vidhāyine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + kuśeśaya (प्रातिपदिक) + koṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + samunmeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (हृत्-रूप-कुशेशयस्य कोषस्य श्रीः; तस्य समुन्मेषं विधत्ते इति)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa stuti context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sarayū dawn context implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant solar deity-form crowned with rays of consciousness shines into a devotee’s chest where a lotus-bud opens into full bloom, revealing inner splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is the inner Sun of awareness; remembrance of Him awakens the heart-lotus from ignorance into spiritual clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the praised sacred landscape (sthāla) where devotion and praise of Viṣṇu are presented as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as stuti—devotional salutations (namaskāra/japa of praise).