Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

लोलार्कमुख्य सूर्यांश्च प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः । कृत्वा पिण्डप्रदानानि सर्वतीर्थेष्वतंद्रितः

Transliteration

lolārkamukhya sūryāṃśca praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ | kṛtvā piṇḍapradānāni sarvatīrtheṣvataṃdritaḥ

Translation

ലോലാർക മുഖ്യമായ സൂര്യക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളെ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത്, എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും ക്ഷീണമില്ലാതെ പിണ്ഡദാനം നടത്തി,

Word by Word

• लोलार्कमुख्यान्: (the suns) headed by Lolārka
• लोलार्कमुख्यान्: Visheshana (Qualifier of सूर्यान्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोलार्क + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘लोलार्क’ + ‘मुख्य’) = headed by Lolārka

• सूर्यान्: the Sūryas (sun-deities)
• सूर्यान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• प्रणम्य: having saluted
• प्रणम्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• पुनः: again and again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति—emphasis)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पिण्डप्रदानानि: piṇḍa-offerings (funerary oblations)
• पिण्डप्रदानानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘पिण्डस्य प्रदानम्’)

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘सर्वाणि तीर्थानि’)

• अतन्द्रितः: untiring; without negligence
• अतन्द्रितः: Karta (Subject/agent, implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण = ‘not lazy, untiring’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka (Sūrya-tīrtha) and Kāśī sarva-tīrthas for piṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, the pilgrim repeatedly bows at a Sūrya shrine (Lolārka), offering water-arghya; later he moves along multiple ghāṭas, placing piṇḍas with kusa and sesame, invoking ancestors with solemn focus.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Sūrya (solar shrines)
• Kāśī tīrthas
• Piṇḍa-pradāna (ancestral rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage in Kāśī joins devotion and duty: honoring divine powers (Sūrya) and fulfilling pitṛ-ṛṇa through piṇḍa offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka, a renowned Sūrya-associated sacred spot in Kāśī, along with Kāśī’s many tīrthas where ancestral offerings are made.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated praṇāma to Sūrya shrines and piṇḍa-pradāna (ancestral oblations) at the tīrthas.