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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

इति संहृष्टतनूरुहः स विप्रो भगवत्तद्गणवक्त्रतो निशम्य । स्वमुदर्कमथार्ककोटिरम्यं हरिलोकं परिलोकयांचकार

Transliteration

iti saṃhṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ sa vipro bhagavattadgaṇavaktrato niśamya | svamudarkamathārkakoṭiramyaṃ harilokaṃ parilokayāṃcakāra

Translation

Hearing this from the mouth of the Lord’s attendant, that brāhmaṇa—his hairs standing on end in joy—then beheld his own future destiny: the realm of Hari, radiant like ten million suns.

Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Vākyopasaṃhāra/Quotative
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
संहृष्ट-तनूरुहःwith thrilled body-hairs
संहृष्ट-तनूरुहः:
Viśeṣaṇa (to सः/विप्रः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंहृष् (धातु) + तनूरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—“संहृष्टाः तनूरुहाः यस्य” (whose body-hairs are thrilled); ‘संहृष्ट’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम
विप्रःthe brāhmaṇa
विप्रः:
Karta (Apposition to सः)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन
भगवत्-तद्गण-वक्त्रतःfrom the mouth of the Lord’s attendant
भगवत्-तद्गण-वक्त्रतः:
Apādāna (Source: from the mouth)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (वक्त्र); पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भगवतः तद्गणस्य वक्त्रम्; तस्मात्)
निशम्यhaving heard
निशम्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-शम् (धातु)
Formल्यबन्त/क्त्वार्थक अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): “having heard”
स्वम्his own
स्वम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (to Karma)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying उदर्कम्)
उदर्कम्future outcome, final result
उदर्कम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootउदर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)
अर्ककोटि-रम्यम्beautiful like crores of suns
अर्ककोटि-रम्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (to Karma)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying हरिलोकम्); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अर्ककोट्या रम्यम् = as lovely as crores of suns)
हरिलोकम्Hari’s world (Viṣṇu’s realm)
हरिलोकम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हरेः लोकः)
परिलोकयाम्-चकारhe beheld, he looked upon
परिलोकयाम्-चकार:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-लोक् (धातु) + कृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परिलोकयाम् (लिट्-परस्मैपद-रूपस्य अङ्ग) + चकार (कृ-लिट्) = परिलोकयाञ्चकार (periphrastic perfect)
Speaker

Unspecified narrator (within the Maitrāvaruṇi-led narrative sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-loka (Vaikuṇṭha) as promised fruit within Kāśī-māhātmya arc

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lopāmudrā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, thrilled with goosebumps, listens to a divine attendant; before his inner eye opens a blazing realm of Hari, radiant like ten million suns, with celestial gateways and lotus-like brilliance.

Characters & Entities
H
Hari-loka
B
Bhagavat-gaṇa (divine attendant)

FAQs

True faith produces inner certainty: hearing sacred testimony (śravaṇa) culminates in a vivid assurance of divine destiny.

The verse continues the Kāśī Māhātmya narrative; the immediate glorification is of the salvific efficacy tied to the preceding Kāśī darśana/worship context.

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) to the Lord’s message as delivered by His gaṇa.

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