Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सूर्यवत्स प्रतपिता दुर्हृदां हृदि नेत्रयोः । सोमवत्सुहृदामासीन्मानसेषु स्वकेष्वऽपि

Transliteration

sūryavatsa pratapitā durhṛdāṃ hṛdi netrayoḥ | somavatsuhṛdāmāsīnmānaseṣu svakeṣva'pi

Translation

Tel le soleil, il brûla le cœur et les yeux des malveillants ; tel la lune, il demeura, frais et apaisant, dans l’esprit des amis et de ses propres bienveillants.

Word by Word

• सूर्यवत्: like the sun
• सूर्यवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सूर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तुल्योपमा-प्रयोगः), उपमानार्थे (like the sun)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतपिता: scorched, tormented
• प्रतपिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (he scorched)

• दुर्हृदाम्: of ill-wishers
• दुर्हृदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नेत्रयोः: in the two eyes
• नेत्रयोः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; अत्र सप्तमी (in the two eyes)

• सोमवत्: like the moon
• सोमवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सोमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तुल्योपमा-प्रयोगः), उपमानार्थे (like the moon)

• सुहृदाम्: of friends, well-wishers
• सुहृदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मानसेषु: in the minds
• मानसेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्वकेषु: in their own
• स्वकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (one's own)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vipa-indra / best of brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-symbolic tableau: Divodāsa radiates like the sun toward hostile figures shrinking back, while a cool moonlit aura surrounds friends and citizens who look reassured; the king remains centered, composed.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Soma (Moon)
• Divodāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma expresses itself as discernment: firmness toward hostility and compassion toward the virtuous are both aspects of righteous leadership.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Kāśī narrative by praising the ruler associated with Vārāṇasī; the site is implicit rather than named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a character-description using sun-and-moon imagery.