Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

मम मूर्तिर्भवान्सूर्य सर्वज्ञो भव सर्वगः । सर्वेषां महसां राशिः सर्वेषां सर्वकर्मवित्

Transliteration

mama mūrtirbhavānsūrya sarvajño bhava sarvagaḥ | sarveṣāṃ mahasāṃ rāśiḥ sarveṣāṃ sarvakarmavit

Translation

“O Sūrya, you are my very embodiment. Be all-knowing; be all-pervading. Be the massed treasury of light for all, and the knower of the actions of all.”

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• mūrtiḥ: form; embodiment
• mūrtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhavān: you
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’)

• sūrya: O Sun
• sūrya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• sarvajñaḥ: all-knowing
• sarvajñaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सर्वं जानाति’

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarvagaḥ: all-pervading
• sarvagaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + ga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सर्वत्र गच्छति/व्याप्नोति’

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• mahasām: of splendors; of lights
• mahasām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• rāśiḥ: heap; mass; collection
• rāśiḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāśi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (पुनरुक्ति)

• sarva-karmavit: knower of all actions
• sarva-karmavit: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + karman + vid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सर्वाणि कर्माणि वेत्ति’

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā-sandhyā context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya (addressed directly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Sūrya, visually merging iconographies: solar disc behind Śiva, rays forming a liṅga-like aureole; Sūrya as radiant charioteer-form receiving empowerment to be all-knowing and all-pervading.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sūrya
• Light (mahas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic functions (like the Sun’s radiance) are framed as manifestations of Śiva, integrating devotion with sacred cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī, as the narrative setting where stotra, darśana, and boons unfold in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it is a divine empowerment (vara) granted to Sūrya.