Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सूर्योपरागे लोलार्के स्नानदानादिकाः क्रियाः । कुरुक्षेत्राद्दशगुणा भवंतीह न संशयः

Transliteration

sūryoparāge lolārke snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ | kurukṣetrāddaśaguṇā bhavaṃtīha na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

സൂര്യഗ്രഹണസമയത്ത് ലോലാർകത്തിൽ ചെയ്യുന്ന സ്നാന-ദാനാദി കര്‍മ്മങ്ങൾ കുരുക്ഷേത്രത്തേക്കാൾ പത്തിരട്ടി ഫലം നൽകും; സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• सूर्योपरागे: during a solar eclipse
• सूर्योपरागे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सूर्यस्य उपरागः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Locative of time

• लोलार्के: at Lolārka
• लोलार्के: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोलार्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; place-locative

• स्नानदानादिकाः: such as bathing, giving, etc.
• स्नानदानादिकाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-प्रायः ‘स्नानं दानं च’ + ‘आदि’; qualifies क्रियाः

• क्रियाः: acts, rites
• क्रियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• कुरुक्षेत्रात्: than (from) Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रात्: Apadana (Source/Comparison/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ‘कुरूणां क्षेत्रम्’ इति कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः; Ablative of comparison/source

• दशगुणाः: tenfold
• दशगुणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास; qualifies क्रियाः

• भवन्ति: are, become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Deshadhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-प्रायः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ = no doubt

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic solar eclipse over the Gaṅgā; devotees at Lolārka performing snāna and giving dāna; priests chanting while the sun is partially obscured; Kurukṣetra evoked symbolically as a distant reference (banner/inscription).

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Kurukṣetra
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sacred geography intensifies the fruit of dharma—especially during powerful times like a solar eclipse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka Tīrtha in Kāśī, highlighted specifically during sūryoparāga (solar eclipse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charity), and similar pious rites performed during a solar eclipse.