Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

सोयमायाति भगवांस्त्र्यंबकः शशिभूषणः । पुंडरीकदलायामे धन्येमेऽद्य विलोचने

Transliteration

soyamāyāti bhagavāṃstryaṃbakaḥ śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ | puṃḍarīkadalāyāme dhanyeme'dya vilocane

Translation

Lihatlah—Baginda Bhagavān Tryambaka, yang berhias bulan, sedang datang. Beruntunglah mata ini hari ini, terbuka luas laksana kelopak teratai.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• āyāti: comes, approaches
• āyāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ + लट्
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tryambakaḥ: Tryambaka (three-eyed)
• tryambakaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ambaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास: त्रि+अम्बक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ: he whose ornament is the moon
• śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): शशिना भूषणं यस्य; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• puṃḍarīkadala-āyāme: in (my) two eyes, long like lotus-petals
• puṃḍarīkadala-āyāme: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṃḍarīka (प्रातिपदिक) + dala (प्रातिपदिक) + āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय): ‘पुण्डरीकदलस्य आयामः’ इव; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन (Locative dual)

• dhanye: blessed, fortunate
• dhanye: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘विलोचने’ इति विशेषण

• ime: these (two)
• ime: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• adya: today, now
• adya: Kriya-vishesana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• vilocane: (two) eyes
• vilocane: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilocana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

Speaker

Devas (exclaiming at Śiva’s arrival; narrated within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (Tryambaka-darśana context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame listener(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva approaches in majesty—three-eyed, moon-crested—while the speaker exclaims that their lotus-petal-wide eyes are blessed today; Kāśī’s sacred skyline frames the theophany.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Tryambaka)
• Śaśibhūṣaṇa (Moon-crested Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva is treated as supreme fortune; seeing the Lord is itself a sanctifying attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of this Kāśīkhaṇḍa passage, where Śiva is especially accessible to devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the focus is on śiva-darśana and devotional praise (stuti).