Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

सूर्यो यद्दक्षिणं नेत्रं चन्द्रो वाममुदाहृतम् । भौमश्चैव बुधश्चैव नासिके द्वे उदाहृते

Transliteration

sūryo yaddakṣiṇaṃ netraṃ candro vāmamudāhṛtam | bhaumaścaiva budhaścaiva nāsike dve udāhṛte

Translation

Die Sonne wird als das rechte Auge verkündet, und der Mond als das linke. Mars und Merkur werden als die beiden Nasenlöcher verkündet.

Word by Word

• sūryaḥ: Sun (planetary deity)
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• dakṣiṇam: right
• dakṣiṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• netram: eye
• netram: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• candraḥ: Moon (planetary deity)
• candraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• vāmam: left
• vāmam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• udāhṛtam: is said/declared
• udāhṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√āhṛ (आहृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (predicative)

• bhaumaḥ: Mars (planetary deity)
• bhaumaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhauma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• budhaḥ: Mercury (planetary deity)
• budhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• nāsike: (two) nostrils
• nāsike: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāsikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual)

• dve: two
• dve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• udāhṛte: are said/declared
• udāhṛte: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√āhṛ (आहृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Netra-Sūrya-Candra tīrtha; Nāsikā-Maṅgala-Budha sthāna (Deha-graha mapping)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A face shown frontally: right eye as a radiant sun-disc, left eye as a cool moon-disc; nostrils as two small planetary emblems (red Mars, green Mercury) with breath-streams.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Candra
• Bhauma (Maṅgala)
• Budha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The body is a microcosm: planetary powers are contemplated as present in sense-organs to refine awareness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This passage glorifies internal sacred geography (the body as tīrtha), not a named external shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied meditative mapping (nyāsa-like contemplation) of grahas onto bodily centers.