Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सूर्ये सप्तमराशिस्थे जन्मर्क्षस्थे निशाकरे । पौष्णः स कालो द्रष्टव्यो यदा याम्ये रविर्वहेत्

Transliteration

sūrye saptamarāśisthe janmarkṣasthe niśākare | pauṣṇaḥ sa kālo draṣṭavyo yadā yāmye ravirvahet

Translation

Wenn die Sonne im siebten Zeichen steht und der Mond im Geburtsstern, soll jene Zeit, Pauṣṇa genannt, beachtet werden, besonders wenn der „solare“ Atem durch das südliche (rechte) Nasenloch fließt.

Word by Word

• सूर्ये: in the Sun (i.e., when the Sun is...)
• सूर्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सप्तम-राशि-स्थे: situated in the seventh zodiac sign
• सप्तम-राशि-स्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सूर्ये इत्यस्य)

• जन्म-ऋक्ष-स्थे: situated in the natal asterism
• जन्म-ऋक्ष-स्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (निशाकरे इत्यस्य)

• निशाकरे: in the Moon
• निशाकरे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पौष्णः: (called) Pauṣṇa
• पौष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कालः इत्यस्य)

• सः: that
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कालः: time (period)
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• द्रष्टव्यः: is to be observed/considered
• द्रष्टव्यः: Karya/Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → द्रष्टव्य (कृत्प्रत्ययः -तव्य)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (कालः)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• याम्ये: in the southern (quarter)
• याम्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (अर्थतः ‘दक्षिणे’)

• रविः: the Sun
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वहेत्: should move/proceed
• वहेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general Kāla-nirdeśa within Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī pilgrim-priest consults a pañcāṅga under a lamp near a Gaṅgā ghat; above, the Sun is shown in a zodiacal band while the Moon rests in the devotee’s birth-nakṣatra; the devotee checks right-nostril breath as a subtle yogic sign.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Niśākara (Candra)
• Pūṣan (Pauṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (kāla) and breath (prāṇa) are to be read as spiritual signals, prompting heightened vigilance and sacred living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa; Kāśī is the implied holy geography where such observances support liberation-oriented practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It advises observing/marking a specific astrological time (Pauṣṇa) in connection with the right-nostril ‘solar’ breath; no separate rite is detailed.