Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

सूर्यो यद्दक्षिणं नेत्रं चन्द्रो वाममुदाहृतम् । भौमश्चैव बुधश्चैव नासिके द्वे उदाहृते

Transliteration

sūryo yaddakṣiṇaṃ netraṃ candro vāmamudāhṛtam | bhaumaścaiva budhaścaiva nāsike dve udāhṛte

Translation

Le Soleil est déclaré être l’œil droit, et la Lune l’œil gauche. Mars et Mercure sont déclarés être les deux narines.

Word by Word

• sūryaḥ: Sun (planetary deity)
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• dakṣiṇam: right
• dakṣiṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• netram: eye
• netram: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• candraḥ: Moon (planetary deity)
• candraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• vāmam: left
• vāmam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• udāhṛtam: is said/declared
• udāhṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√āhṛ (आहृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (predicative)

• bhaumaḥ: Mars (planetary deity)
• bhaumaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhauma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• budhaḥ: Mercury (planetary deity)
• budhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• nāsike: (two) nostrils
• nāsike: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāsikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual)

• dve: two
• dve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• udāhṛte: are said/declared
• udāhṛte: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√āhṛ (आहृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Netra-Sūrya-Candra tīrtha; Nāsikā-Maṅgala-Budha sthāna (Deha-graha mapping)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A face shown frontally: right eye as a radiant sun-disc, left eye as a cool moon-disc; nostrils as two small planetary emblems (red Mars, green Mercury) with breath-streams.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Candra
• Bhauma (Maṅgala)
• Budha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The body is a microcosm: planetary powers are contemplated as present in sense-organs to refine awareness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This passage glorifies internal sacred geography (the body as tīrtha), not a named external shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied meditative mapping (nyāsa-like contemplation) of grahas onto bodily centers.