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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

ज्योतिश्चक्रे समस्तेऽस्मिन्नग्रगण्या भविष्यथ । मेषादीनां च राशीनां योनयो यूयमुत्तमाः

jyotiścakre samaste'sminnagragaṇyā bhaviṣyatha | meṣādīnāṃ ca rāśīnāṃ yonayo yūyamuttamāḥ

Dans toute cette roue de lumière céleste, vous serez comptées au premier rang; et parmi les signes du zodiaque commençant par le Bélier, vous serez les matrices excellentes, les sources d’où ils prennent naissance.

ज्योतिःचक्रेin the circle of lights (zodiacal wheel)
ज्योतिःचक्रे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्योतिषां चक्रम्)
समस्तेin the entire/complete (one)
समस्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ज्योतिश्चक्रे)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अग्रगण्याःforemost, pre-eminent
अग्रगण्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्रगण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्)
भविष्यथyou will be
भविष्यथ:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्काल), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
मेषादीनाम्of Aries and the others
मेषादीनाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमेष (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मेषः आदिः येषाम्)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
राशीनाम्of the zodiac-signs
राशीनाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootराशि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
योनयःorigins, wombs, sources
योनयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
यूयम्you
यूयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
उत्तमाःexcellent, best
उत्तमाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्/योनयः)

Bhagavad-gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants), addressing the Nakṣatras (star-deities)

Scene: A luminous celestial wheel (jyotiścakra) with zodiac signs emerging from radiant womb-like matrices, while Kāśī’s Śaiva aura subtly anchors the vision—suggesting a sacred city mirrored in the heavens.

N
Nakṣatras
R
Rāśis (zodiac signs)
M
Meṣa (Aries)

FAQs

Cosmic order is sacred: the star-powers are honored as foremost principles within the divine design of the universe.

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), in the context of the Nakṣatreśvara-liṅga’s greatness within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it establishes the exalted status of the nakṣatras as a basis for their worship.