Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सांबादित्यस्य महिमा द्रुपदादित्य शंसनम् । ततस्तु गरुडाख्यानमरुणार्कादयस्ततः

Transliteration

sāṃbādityasya mahimā drupadāditya śaṃsanam | tatastu garuḍākhyānamaruṇārkādayastataḥ

Translation

Then comes the greatness of Sāmbāditya and the praise of Drupadāditya. Thereafter is the narrative of Garuḍa, and then the accounts of Aruṇārka and other solar manifestations.

Word by Word

• sāṃbādityasya: of Sāmbāditya
• sāṃbādityasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃbāditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• mahimā: greatness; glory
• mahimā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• drupadāditya: Drupadāditya (name)
• drupadāditya: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: drupadāditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• śaṃsanam: praise; proclamation
• śaṃsanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — contrast/emphasis

• garuḍa-ākhyānam: narrative of Garuḍa
• garuḍa-ākhyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गरुडस्य आख्यानम्)

• aruṇārka-ādayaḥ: Aruṇārka and others
• aruṇārka-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aruṇārka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अरुणार्कः आदिः येषाम्) — 'Aruṇārka and others'

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbāditya; Drupadāditya; Aruṇārka (Kāśī solar nodes)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional sequence: multiple Sūrya icons titled Sāmbāditya, Drupadāditya, Aruṇārka, with a parallel vignette of Garuḍa—majestic, protective—linking solar radiance and divine guardianship.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmbāditya
• Drupadāditya
• Garuḍa
• Aruṇārka
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s māhātmya embraces multiple devotional streams—Sūrya worship and Garuḍa-linked narratives are honored within the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Solar tīrthas/forms such as Sāmbāditya and Drupadāditya within the Kāśī sacred circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit here; later sections typically connect Sūrya sites with worship, fasts, and arghya, but this verse is an outline.