Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

उडुलोक कथा तस्मात्ततः शुक्रसमुद्भवः । माहेय गुरुसौरीणां लोकानां वर्णनं ततः

Transliteration

uḍuloka kathā tasmāttataḥ śukrasamudbhavaḥ | māheya gurusaurīṇāṃ lokānāṃ varṇanaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Vient ensuite le récit d’Uḍuloka ; puis l’origine de Śukra ; et après cela la description des mondes de Māheya, de Guru (Bṛhaspati) et de Saurī (Śani).

Word by Word

• उडुलोक: the star-world
• उडुलोक: Karma/Topic (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उडु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (उडूनां लोकः)

• कथा: account; narration
• कथा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that; thereafter
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
• Form: अपादानार्थे अव्ययीभूत-रूपम् (therefrom)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• शुक्रसमुद्भवः: origin of Śukra (Venus)
• शुक्रसमुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शुक्रस्य समुद्भवः)

• माहेय: of Māheya (Mars)
• माहेय: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘माहेय’ = मङ्गल (son of Mahī; Mars)

• गुरुसौरीणाम्: of Guru (Jupiter) and Saurī (Saturn)
• गुरुसौरीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + सौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (गुरुश्च सौरीश्च)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वर्णनम्: description
• वर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

Speaker

Sūta — inferred (index continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial diagram: a starry Uḍuloka canopy, with four planetary thrones—Śukra radiant white, Māheya red, Guru golden, Saurī dark-blue—each with attendants; below, a sage points to the spheres as if teaching pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Uḍuloka
• Śukra
• Māheya
• Guru (Bṛhaspati)
• Saurī (Śani)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order (lokas and planetary powers) is presented as part of dharmic knowledge, situating human life within a sacred universe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is cosmological (lokas/grahas) rather than tīrtha-specific; it belongs to the index of topics within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.