Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तडित्कोटिप्रतीकाशं सूर्यकोटिसमच्छविम् । चन्द्रलक्षसमच्छन्नं पुरुषं द्योतिताखिलम् १

Transliteration

taḍitkoṭipratīkāśaṃ sūryakoṭisamacchavim | candralakṣasamacchannaṃ puruṣaṃ dyotitākhilam 1

Translation

ആ പരമപുരുഷനെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം—കോടി മിന്നലുകളെപ്പോലെ ദീപ്തൻ, കോടി സൂര്യന്മാരെപ്പോലെ തേജോമയൻ, ലക്ഷ ചന്ദ്രന്മാരെപ്പോലെ ശീതളകാന്തിയാൽ ആവൃതനായി സർവ്വജഗത്തെയും പ്രകാശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ।

Word by Word

• तडित्कोटिप्रतीकाशम्: shining like ten million lightnings
• तडित्कोटिप्रतीकाशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तडित् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतीकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (तडितां कोट्या प्रतीकाशः)

• सूर्यकोटिसमच्छविम्: having a radiance equal to ten million suns
• सूर्यकोटिसमच्छविम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + छवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सूर्यकोट्या समा छविः यस्य)

• चन्द्रलक्षसमच्छन्नम्: covered/filled as if with a hundred-thousand moons
• चन्द्रलक्षसमच्छन्नम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + छन्न (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (चन्द्रलक्षेण समं छन्नम्/आवृतम्)

• पुरुषम्: the Person (Supreme being)
• पुरुषम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• द्योतिताखिलम्: illuminating all
• द्योतिताखिलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्योतित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त) + अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (द्योतितं च तत् अखिलम्/अखिलं द्योतितम्)

Speaker

Śiva (contextual continuation of Īśvara’s instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin at a sacred kṣetra contemplates the Supreme Person whose body is a field of lightning-like arcs, sun-like aureoles, and moon-like cool halos, radiating outward to illuminate the worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Puruṣa (Supreme Person)
• sūrya
• candra
• taḍit (lightning)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation culminates in a universal vision: the Divine as the light that pervades and sanctifies all worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the tīrtha theme expands into a cosmic, all-pervading sacredness realized through dhyāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prescribed visualization (dhyāna) of the luminous Supreme Person as part of mantra-based practice.