Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

लोलार्क उत्तरार्कश्च सांबादित्यस्तथैव च । चतुर्थो द्रुपदादित्यो मयूखादित्य एव च

Transliteration

lolārka uttarārkaśca sāṃbādityastathaiva ca | caturtho drupadādityo mayūkhāditya eva ca

Translation

वे हैं—लोलार्क, उत्तरार्क, सांबादित्य; चौथा द्रुपदादित्य और मयूखादित्य भी।

Word by Word

• lolārkaḥ: Lolārka (a form/name of Āditya)
• lolārkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lola (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (लोलः अर्कः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masc., Nom., Sg.)

• uttarārkaḥ: Uttarārka
• uttarārkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (उत्तरः अर्कः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masc., Nom., Sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (indeclinable conjunction)

• sāṃbādityaḥ: Sāmbāditya
• sāṃbādityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃba (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (साम्बः आदित्यः/साम्बसम्बन्धी); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masc., Nom., Sg.)

• tathā: so, likewise
• tathā: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable; in that manner)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeclinable; emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (indeclinable conjunction)

• caturthaḥ: the fourth
• caturthaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masc., Nom., Sg.); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• drupadādityaḥ: Drupadāditya
• drupadādityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: drupada (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (द्रुपद-सम्बन्धी आदित्यः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masc., Nom., Sg.)

• mayūkhādityaḥ: Mayūkhāditya
• mayūkhādityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mayūkha (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (मयूख-सम्बन्धी आदित्यः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masc., Nom., Sg.)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeclinable; emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (indeclinable conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka; Uttarārka; Sāmbāditya; Drupadāditya; Mayūkhāditya (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ghaṭodbhava (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim’s procession through Kāśī, stopping at five sun-shrines; each shrine has a distinct emblem: swinging earrings for Lolārka, northern orientation for Uttarārka, Sāmba with Sūrya for Sāmbāditya, royal Drupada motif for Drupadāditya, and radiant rays for Mayūkhāditya.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Uttarārka
• Sāmbāditya
• Drupadāditya
• Mayūkhāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is safeguarded and sanctified through multiple divine manifestations, here expressed as distinct solar forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-kṣetra generally, through its associated Āditya-sthānas (solar sacred spots).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a listing of sacred solar forms connected with Kāśī.