Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

अथ दृष्ट्वा स सप्तर्षीन्सप्तसप्त्यतितेजसः । भाग्यसूत्रैरिवाकृष्योपनीतान्प्रमुमोद ह

Transliteration

atha dṛṣṭvā sa saptarṣīnsaptasaptyatitejasaḥ | bhāgyasūtrairivākṛṣyopanītānpramumoda ha

Translation

Then, on seeing the Seven Sages—radiant beyond the brilliance of seven suns—he rejoiced, as though they had been drawn and brought there by the very threads of fortune.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/आरम्भार्थक (indeclinable; then/thereupon)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तर्षीन्: the seven sages
• सप्तर्षीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• सप्तसप्ति-अतितेजसः: of surpassing brilliance like seven suns
• सप्तसप्ति-अतितेजसः: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + सप्ति + अतितेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying saptarṣīn)

• भाग्यसूत्रैः: by cords/threads of fortune
• भाग्यसूत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य + सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन (Plural)

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Simile marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (indeclinable; like/as if)

• आकृष्य: having drawn (to himself)
• आकृष्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + कृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having drawn/pulled)

• उपनीतान्: brought/led near
• उपनीतान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying saptarṣīn)

• प्रमुमोद: rejoiced greatly
• प्रमुमोद: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/परस्मैपद (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular)

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: पादपूरण/निपात (indeclinable particle; emphatic)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhruva beholds the Saptarṣis, their bodies blazing with ascetic radiance, as if seven suns; the moment feels fated, threads of fortune drawing them together in Kāśī’s sanctified atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Saptarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meeting saints is itself a fruit of merit; providence can arrange holy encounters that uplift the seeker.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha is not named in this verse; the Kāśī setting frames the broader sanctity of such encounters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it highlights the auspiciousness of ṛṣi-darśana (seeing sages).