Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

पश्चिमायां तथा देवी संस्थिता भास्करा शुभा । ययाविष्टानि भासंते भास्करप्रमुखानि च

Transliteration

paścimāyāṃ tathā devī saṃsthitā bhāskarā śubhā | yayāviṣṭāni bhāsaṃte bhāskarapramukhāni ca

Translation

അതുപോലെ പടിഞ്ഞാറുദിക്കിൽ ശുഭകരിയായ ഭാസ്കരാദേവി സ്ഥാപിതയായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു. അവളുടെ ശക്തിയാൽ ആവിഷ്ടരായി സൂര്യപ്രമുഖ ജ്യോതിഷ്കർ പ്രകാശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पश्चिमायाम्: in the west
• पश्चिमायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संस्थिता: is stationed
• संस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भास्करा: Bhāskarā / Sun-like (name/epithet)
• भास्करा: Apposition (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवी इति विशेषणरूपेण (as an epithet)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवी इति विशेषण

• यया: by whom; by which (female)
• यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• आविष्टानि: possessed; entered
• आविष्टानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भासन्ते: shine; appear radiant
• भासन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भास् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भास्करप्रमुखानि: beginning with Bhāskara; chiefly Bhāskara and others
• भास्करप्रमुखानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्कर + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (‘with Bhāskara as foremost’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (आविष्टानि इति विशेष्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskarā-sthāna (Paścima-diś seat)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the western quarter, the auspicious Goddess Bhāskarā stands radiant; from her aura, the Sun and other luminaries ignite and shine, filling the sky with ordered light.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskarā (Devī)
• Bhāskara (Sun)
• West (Paścima diś)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic lights depend upon Śakti; the Goddess is presented as the inner power behind solar brilliance and radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is stated; the verse sacralizes the western direction through Bhāskarā’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None mentioned.