Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

सुषुवे च तदा राज्ञी सुतौ दिव्यौ मनोहरौ । तेनास्य प्रथितं नाम बकुलार्केति वै रवेः

Transliteration

suṣuve ca tadā rājñī sutau divyau manoharau | tenāsya prathitaṃ nāma bakulārketi vai raveḥ

Translation

Da gebar die Königin zwei göttliche und liebliche Söhne. Durch dieses Ereignis wurde die Sonne (Ravi) dort unter dem gerühmten Namen „Bakūlārka“ weithin bekannt.

Word by Word

• सुषुवे: gave birth
• सुषुवे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; √सू—प्रसवने

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• सुतौ: two sons
• सुतौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), द्विवचन

• दिव्यौ: divine
• दिव्यौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) सुतौ

• मनोहरौ: charming
• मनोहरौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) सुतौ

• तेन: thereby / by that
• तेन: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument/हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रथितम्: became renowned
• प्रथितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथित (√प्रथ् + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• बकुलार्क: Bakula-arka (proper name)
• बकुलार्क: Samjna (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल + अर्क (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (determinative: 'ark(a) associated with Bakula')

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• रवेः: of the Sun (Ravi)
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrator, continuing the Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakūlārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A queen in a palace pavilion gives birth to two radiant sons; above them, Sūrya’s disc shines, and attendants proclaim the name ‘Bakūlārka’ as a sacred epithet.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Bakūlārka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and divine names arise from dhārmic events; remembering the tīrtha’s origin strengthens śraddhā and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakūlārka-tīrtha, a Sun-associated sacred spot within the Dharmāraṇya sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it provides the etymic/legendary basis for the tīrtha’s name.