Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

मार्तंडसूर्यांशुरविस्तथेन्द्रो भानुर्भगश्चार्यमा स्वर्णरेताः

Transliteration

mārtaṃḍasūryāṃśuravistathendro bhānurbhagaścāryamā svarṇaretāḥ

Translation

നീ മാർത്തണ്ഡൻ, സൂര്യൻ, അംശു, രവി, കൂടാതെ ഇന്ദ്രനും; നീ ഭാനു, ഭഗ, ആര്യമാ, സ്വർണരേതസ് (ദീപ്തിമാൻ) കൂടിയാണ്।

Word by Word

• mārtaṇḍaḥ: Mārtaṇḍa (Sun)
• mārtaṇḍaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārtaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — सूर्यनाम

• sūryaḥ: Sūrya
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सूर्यनाम

• aṃśuḥ: Aṃśu (ray/Sun)
• aṃśuḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सूर्यनाम/किरणः

• raviḥ: Ravi
• raviḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सूर्यनाम

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/रीतिवाचक) — ‘तथा’ (and also/likewise)

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सूर्यनाम (इन्द्रः)

• bhānuḥ: Bhānu
• bhānuḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सूर्यनाम

• bhagaḥ: Bhaga
• bhagaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — आदित्यनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-निपात) — ‘च’ (and)

• aryamā: Aryaman
• aryamā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aryaman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — आदित्यनाम (आर्यमा)

• svarṇa-retāḥ: the golden-essenced one
• svarṇa-retāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + retas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास: ‘स्वर्णरेताः’ = यस्य रेतः स्वर्णवत् (he whose seed/essence is golden); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सूर्यविशेषण/नाम

Speaker

Kamaṭha (in the stotra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sūrya is praised through a cascading list of names—Mārtaṇḍa, Sūrya, Aṃśu, Ravi, Indra, Bhānu, Bhaga, Aryaman—suggesting multiple crowns/attributes merging into one solar form.

Characters & Entities

• Mārtaṇḍa
• Sūrya
• Aṃśu
• Ravi
• Indra
• Bhānu
• Bhaga
• Aryaman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is praised as the one divine reality manifesting through many revered names and functions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; this verse is a litany of solar epithets within the hymn.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of divine names (nāma-smaraṇa) as a form of praise.