Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

इति दत्त्वा वरान्सूर्यस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । विमलो निर्मलतनुः सोपि स्वभवनं ययौ

Transliteration

iti dattvā varānsūryastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | vimalo nirmalatanuḥ sopi svabhavanaṃ yayau

Translation

So verschwand die Sonne, nachdem sie die Gaben verliehen hatte, an eben jener Stelle. Vimalā, nun von reinem, makellosem Leib, kehrte ebenfalls in ihre eigene Wohnstatt zurück.

Word by Word

• इति: thus, saying so
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); परस्मैपदी; ‘having given’

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); बहुवचन

• सूर्यः: the Sun (god)
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + इ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘disappeared’

• विमलः: pure, spotless
• विमलः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of सूर्यः)

• निर्मलतनुः: of pure body
• निर्मलतनुः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निर्मला तनुः यस्य) / ‘having a pure body’ (as adjective)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also particle)

• स्वभवनम्: his own abode/house
• स्वभवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘own house’)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalāditya-sthāna (within Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (traditional: sages/devotees)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Sun-god, after granting boons, dissolves into radiance at the very spot; Vimalā stands transformed—spotless, luminous-bodied—then turns toward his celestial abode.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sun-god)
• Vimala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (Sūrya’s boon) culminates in inner and outer purification, after which one returns to life established in purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, where Sūrya’s presence and blessings are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it concludes the episode of boon-granting and resulting purification.