Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

घर्मरश्मिर्दुर्निरीक्ष्यश्चंडांशुः कश्यपात्मजः । एभिः सप्ततिसंख्याकैः पुण्यैः सूर्यस्य नामभिः

Transliteration

gharmaraśmirdurnirīkṣyaścaṃḍāṃśuḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ | ebhiḥ saptatisaṃkhyākaiḥ puṇyaiḥ sūryasya nāmabhiḥ

Translation

ঘর্মরশ্মি, দুর্নিরীক্ষ্য, চণ্ডাংশু ও কশ্যপাত্মজ—সূর্যের এই সত্তরটি পুণ্যনামে সবিতা স্তূত হন।

Word by Word

• घर्मरश्मिः: having hot rays
• घर्मरश्मिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुर्निरीक्ष्यः: difficult to gaze upon
• दुर्निरीक्ष्यः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + नि (उपसर्ग) + √ईक्ष् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (hard to look at)

• चण्डांशुः: fierce-rayed one
• चण्डांशुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कश्यपात्मजः: son of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपात्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एभिः: by/with these
• एभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• सप्ततिसंख्याकैः: numbering seventy
• सप्ततिसंख्याकैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्याक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying nāmabhiḥ)

• पुण्यैः: holy; meritorious
• पुण्यैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• नामभिः: by/with (the) names
• नामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: Sūrya’s intense rays (durnirīkṣya) rendered as layered halos; a sage counts prayer beads marking seventy names; Kāśyapa shown in reverent posture to indicate lineage (Kaśyapātmaja).

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Kaśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tradition sanctifies nāma-stuti: enumerating the Sun’s holy epithets itself is a meritorious spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context indicates Kāśī as the sacred milieu where such recitation is especially celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse frames a set of ‘seventy’ Sūrya-names—suggesting structured recitation (nāma-japa/stotra) as the practice.