Shloka 20

Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वविद्यावेदित्वं भक्तिर्भानौ तथा स्थिरा कौशल्यं सर्वशिल्पानां धर्मः किंपुरुषः स्मृतः

Transliteration

gandharvavidyāveditvaṃ bhaktirbhānau tathā sthirā kauśalyaṃ sarvaśilpānāṃ dharmaḥ kiṃpuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

গন্ধর্ববিদ্যার জ্ঞান, ভানু (সূর্য)-তে স্থির ভক্তি, এবং সর্বশিল্পে দক্ষতা—এটাই কিংপুরুষদের ধর্ম বলে স্মৃত।

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वविद्यावेदित्वम्: expertise in Gandharva-knowledge
• गन्धर्वविद्यावेदित्वम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; in enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व + विद्या + वेदित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (गन्धर्वविद्यायाः वेदित्वम्) — ‘knowledge/expertise in gandharva-vidyā’

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; in enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भानौ: in the Sun
• भानौ: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location-object of devotion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘in/unto the Sun’

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध (Adverb/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ — ‘thus/also’

• स्थिरा: steady
• स्थिरा: विशेषण (to भक्तिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कौशल्यम्: skill, proficiency
• कौशल्यम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; in enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वशिल्पानाम्: of all arts
• सर्वशिल्पानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + शिल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां शिल्पानाम्) — ‘of all arts/crafts’

• धर्मः: dharma
• धर्मः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• किंपुरुषः: the Kiṃpuruṣa
• किंपुरुषः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; appositional—whose dharma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जातिनाम — ‘Kiṃpuruṣa (a class of beings)’

• स्मृतः: is remembered/considered
• स्मृतः: क्रिया (Predicate; ‘is regarded’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, कर्मणि/भावे — ‘is remembered/considered’ (elliptic passive predicate)

Speakers

• Not specified in the prompt (commonly Pulastya → Nārada framework; verify with full chapter context)

Primary Deities

• Bhānu/Sūrya (Solar deity)

Key Themes

• Bhakti
• Sūrya devotion
• Arts and śilpa
• Purāṇic ethnography of beings

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse links aesthetic/technical excellence (gandharva-vidyā, śilpa) with devotional orientation (bhakti to the Sun). Skill is not merely secular; it is stabilized by a sacred focus, implying that talents reach fullness when yoked to worship and steadiness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with 11.19, it is ancillary descriptive material (dharma-varṇana of classes of beings) rather than cosmogenesis. It supports the purāṇic encyclopedic function often embedded within broader narrative or tīrtha contexts.

What is the symbolic significance?

Bhānu (the Sun) symbolizes illumination, order (ṛta), and visibility; pairing solar devotion with mastery of arts suggests that creativity and craft are to be aligned with clarity, discipline, and cosmic regularity.