Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

स तं चिन्तामणिं कंठे बिभ्रद्राजासनं गतः । रराज राजा देवानां मध्ये भानुरिव स्वयम्

Transliteration

sa taṃ cintāmaṇiṃ kaṃṭhe bibhradrājāsanaṃ gataḥ | rarāja rājā devānāṃ madhye bhānuriva svayam

Translation

Mengenakan permata Cintāmaṇi yang mengabulkan hasrat di lehernya, sang raja naik ke singgasana; di tengah para penguasa yang berkumpul ia bersinar sendiri, laksana matahari di antara para dewa.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चिन्तामणिम्: the wish-fulfilling gem
• चिन्तामणिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्तामणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कण्ठे: on (his) neck
• कण्ठे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बिभ्रत्: bearing, wearing
• बिभ्रत्: Karta (कर्ता; participle qualifying subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राजासनम्: royal throne
• राजासनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञः आसनम्)

• गतः: having gone/attained
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रराज: shone, was resplendent
• रराज: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to सः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भानुः: the sun
• भानुः: Upamana (उपमान/Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण; emphatic to subject)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक/स्वतन्त्रतावाचक (reflexive/emphatic adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced from Purāṇic frame; specific speaker not in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king seated on a high jeweled throne in a grand assembly hall; a luminous Cintāmaṇi at his neck emits a halo-like radiance, making him appear sunlike among surrounding rulers.

Characters & Entities

• Cintāmaṇi
• King (Candrasena—context)
• Ujjayinī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly splendor can blaze like the sun, yet such brilliance often becomes the very cause of envy and conflict—hinting that true refuge lies beyond mere royal fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Ujjayinī (Ujjain) sacred landscape, later centering on Mahākāla as the supreme protector.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it sets up the narrative that culminates in worship and taking refuge in Mahākāla.