Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

जगच्चक्षुरसौ सूर्यो जगदात्मैष भास्करः । जगद्योयन्मृतप्रायं प्रातःप्रातः प्रबोधयेत्

Transliteration

jagaccakṣurasau sūryo jagadātmaiṣa bhāskaraḥ | jagadyoyanmṛtaprāyaṃ prātaḥprātaḥ prabodhayet

Translation

Jene Sonne ist das Auge der Welt; dieser Bhāskara ist die Seele des Alls—er, der Morgen für Morgen die Welt erweckt, die wie tot daliegt.

Word by Word

• जगत्-चक्षुः: the eye of the world
• जगत्-चक्षुः: Pradhana-kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya (समानााधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'eye of the world')

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक (demonstrative)

• सूर्यः: Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जगत्-आत्मा: the self of the world
• जगत्-आत्मा: Pradhana-kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya (समानााधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('self of the world')

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक (demonstrative)

• भास्करः: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• भास्करः: Pradhana-kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya (समानााधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• मृत-प्रायम्: almost dead
• मृत-प्रायम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √मृ) + प्राय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ('almost dead')

• प्रातः-प्रातः: every morning
• प्रातः-प्रातः: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय) + प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time), पुनरुक्ति (reduplication)

• प्रबोधयेत्: should awaken
• प्रबोधयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√बुध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: 'cause to awaken')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa-prātaḥ-snānārghya context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (traditional)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Golden dawn over the Gaṅgā; Sūrya rises as a radiant disc; devotees on ghāṭas offer arghya; the city awakens from ‘death-like’ sleep into bustling sacred life.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily sunrise is a theological reminder of renewal: the cosmos is revived again and again by divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is general praise of Sūrya within Kāśī Khaṇḍa; it does not specify a particular ghāṭa or tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, though it naturally supports sunrise practices like Sūrya-namaskāra, arghya, or morning japa in dhārmic life.