Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत उन्मीलयांचक्रे लोचने विश्वलोचनः । तस्योदयमिव प्राप्य प्रगे पंकजिनीवनी

Transliteration

tata unmīlayāṃcakre locane viśvalocanaḥ | tasyodayamiva prāpya prage paṃkajinīvanī

Translation

ನಂತರ ವಿಶ್ವಲೋಚನ (ಸರ್ವದರ್ಶಿ) ಅವನ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಉನ್ಮೀಲನಗೊಳಿಸಿದನು—ಪ್ರಭಾತದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಕಮಲವನವು ಅರಳುವಂತೆ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Time/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तदस्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘then/from there’

• उन्मीलयाम्: opening (to open)
• उन्मीलयाम्: Kriya-aṅga (Part of verbal periphrasis)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उन्-√मील् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त धातोः भावे/कर्मणि; अत्र ‘उन्मीलयाम्’ इति लिट्-समासे (periphrastic perfect) कृदन्त-रूपं, ‘opening’ (as verbal noun)

• चक्रे: did; made
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्सभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• लोचने: (his) two eyes
• लोचने: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), द्विवचन

• विश्वलोचनः: the all-seeing one
• विश्वलोचनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-लोचन (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + लोचन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य लोचने विश्वं पश्यति’ (one whose eyes are the universe / who sees all)

• तस्य: of it; of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• उदयम्: rising; dawn
• उदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• इव: as if; like
• इव: Upamā (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय (like/as if)

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having attained’

• प्रगे: at dawn
• प्रगे: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रगे (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (at dawn/early)

• पंकजिनीवनी: a lotus-grove
• पंकजिनीवनी: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंकजिनी-वनी (प्रातिपदिक; पंकजिनी + वनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपमायाम् (nom. sg. fem.)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya context in Kāśī Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-Avimukta

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, the All-seeing, causes the Sun to open his eyes; the moment is likened to a lotus-pond blooming at dawn upon the Sun’s rise—double sunrise: outer and inner.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvalocana (Śiva)
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Awakening and clarity arise through Śiva’s anugraha; the devotee blooms like a lotus when touched by divine light.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred ground where such grace-filled encounters with Śiva are extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse uses devotional-poetic imagery to describe spiritual awakening.