Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सहस्राक्षं सहस्रांशुं सहस्रकिरणद्युतिम्

Transliteration

sahasrākṣaṃ sahasrāṃśuṃ sahasrakiraṇadyutim

Translation

„(Ich preise) Ihn mit tausend Augen, tausend Strahlen, leuchtend im Glanz von tausend Lichtstrahlen.“

Word by Word

• सहस्राक्षम्: thousand-eyed
• सहस्राक्षम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: सहस्रम् अक्षाणि यस्य; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (सूर्य/भास्कर)

• सहस्रांशुम्: having a thousand rays
• सहस्रांशुम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: सहस्रम् अंशवः/किरणाः यस्य; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सहस्रकिरणद्युतिम्: whose brilliance is of a thousand beams
• सहस्रकिरणद्युतिम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र + किरण + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: सहस्रकिरणानां द्युतिः यस्य; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘द्युतिमत्’ अर्थे; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Citra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary depiction of Sūrya as a vast, many-eyed, many-rayed presence—an overwhelming field of light rather than a single icon—suggesting omniscience and omnidirectional radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is contemplated as all-seeing and all-pervading radiance, inspiring reverence and inner clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a universal epithet of Sūrya; the text soon connects such praise to multiple Sūrya-tīrthas across Bhārata.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it functions as a mantra-like epithet within a hymn.