Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तन्मध्ये रविसोमाग्निमण्डलानि यथाविधि । कल्पयित्वा हरिं मूर्तं यस्मिन्देशे सनातनम्

Transliteration

tanmadhye ravisomāgnimaṇḍalāni yathāvidhi | kalpayitvā hariṃ mūrtaṃ yasmindeśe sanātanam

Translation

Im Innern des Herzlotos stellte er, der Vorschrift gemäß, die Sphären von Sonne, Mond und Feuer vor; und in jenem heiligen Innenraum formte er den ewigen Hari in offenbarter Gestalt.

Word by Word

• tat-madhye: in the midst of that
• tat-madhye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ravi-soma-agni-maṇḍalāni: the solar, lunar, and fire circles/disks
• ravi-soma-agni-maṇḍalāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक) + soma (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• yathā-vidhi: according to rule
• yathā-vidhi: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); Indeclinable adverbial compound

• kalpayitvā: having arranged/visualized
• kalpayitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kḷp (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (कारण), क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त); Absolutive (gerund) of causative √kḷp (kalpay-)

• harim: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• harim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• mūrtam: embodied, with form
• mūrtam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular (विशेषण of harim)

• yasmin: in which
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, Locative, Singular

• deśe: place
• deśe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Masculine, Locative, Singular

• sanātanam: eternal
• sanātanam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular (विशेषण of harim)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā (culminating in antar-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the opened heart-lotus, three radiant discs—Sun (gold), Moon (silver), Fire (crimson)—orbit or align as a sacred triad; at the center, Hari appears in a gentle, fully manifest form, serene and eternal, filling the inner space with light.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• Ravi
• Soma
• Agni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The deity is approached through disciplined visualization—aligning cosmic principles (sun, moon, fire) within the heart and installing Hari there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the Mahātmya setting; the verse itself teaches inner installation of Hari, supporting the text’s portrayal of Ayodhyā as a place conducive to such realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dhyāna-vidhi: contemplating ravi-soma-agni maṇḍalas and then forming (kalpana) Hari’s mūrti in the inner sanctum.