Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

वरुणे चाष्टसाहस्रं कुबेरे षट्सहस्रकम् । सूर्ये चंद्रे च वह्नौ च वायौ वसुषु चाश्विनोः

Transliteration

varuṇe cāṣṭasāhasraṃ kubere ṣaṭsahasrakam | sūrye caṃdre ca vahnau ca vāyau vasuṣu cāśvinoḥ

Translation

Huit mille furent dirigées contre Varuṇa et six mille contre Kubera ; et des volées furent aussi lancées contre Sūrya, Candra, Agni, Vāyu, les Vasus et les jumeaux Aśvins.

Word by Word

• वरुणे: upon Varuṇa
• वरुणे: Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्टसाहस्रम्: eight thousand
• अष्टसाहस्रम्: Karma (Object—number/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट-साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + साहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-द्विगु-समासः

• कुबेरे: upon Kubera
• कुबेरे: Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• षट्सहस्रकम्: six thousand
• षट्सहस्रकम्: Karma (Object—number/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्-सहस्रक (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + सहस्रक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-द्विगु-समासः

• सूर्ये: upon the Sun
• सूर्ये: Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• चंद्रे: upon the Moon
• चंद्रे: Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वह्नौ: upon Agni (fire)
• वह्नौ: Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वायौ: upon Vāyu (wind)
• वायौ: Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• वसुषु: upon the Vasus
• वसुषु: Adhikarana (Target group/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अश्विनोः: upon the two Aśvins
• अश्विनोः: Adhikarana (Target—dual/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी (Genitive/Locative), द्विवचन (Dual); प्रसङ्गतः सप्तमी-द्विवचन (targets)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic spread: Varuṇa with oceanic emblems, Kubera with treasure iconography, Sūrya and Candra in their chariots, Agni as flame-bodied, Vāyu as wind-swirled, Vasus and Aśvins as radiant twins—each struck by patterned volleys.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa
• Kubera
• Sūrya
• Candra
• Agni
• Vāyu
• Vasus
• Aśvins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly powers—even cosmic administrators—can be shaken; ultimate shelter is sought in the Devī who restores dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-khaṇḍa as a whole is tied to the Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred geography, but this verse itself is a battle catalogue, not a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.