Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्तो देवेन शुक्रोर्कसदृश द्युतिः । विवेश दानवानीकं मेघमालां यथा शशी

Transliteration

ityevamukto devena śukrorkasadṛśa dyutiḥ | viveśa dānavānīkaṃ meghamālāṃ yathā śaśī

Translation

ဤသို့ ဘုရားသခင်၏ မိန့်တော်ကို ခံယူပြီးနောက်၊ နေကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပသော သုက္ကသည် ဒာနဝတပ်စုထဲသို့ ဝင်ရောက်သွား၏—လက မိုးတိမ်မാലာထဲသို့ ဝင်သကဲ့သို့။

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyopasaṃhāra (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्तः: addressed; spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (śukraḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘having been spoken to/addressed’

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karaṇa (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• शुक्रः: Śukra
• शुक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अर्कसदृश: sun-like
• अर्कसदृश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arka + sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (‘sun-like’); विशेषणम् (to dyutiḥ/śukraḥ)

• द्युतिः: radiance; splendor
• द्युतिः: Viśeṣya/Guṇa (Appositional descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; गुणवाचक-भावः; apposition to śukraḥ (‘whose radiance…’)

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Kriyā (Predicate/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√viś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दानवानीकम्: the demon host
• दानवानीकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava + anīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘army of demons’)

• मेघमालाम्: a mass of clouds
• मेघमालाम्: Karman (Object of comparison; entered like…)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha + mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘garland/cluster of clouds’)

• यथा: as; like
• यथा: Upamāna-dyotaka (Comparator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• शशी: the moon
• शशी: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin/śaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; likely Skanda to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra, sun-bright, steps into the Dānava host; the host is depicted like a garland of clouds receiving the moon.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Dānava
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True brilliance can move among turbulent forces without losing its nature—like moonlight amid clouds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Kāśī-khaṇḍa narration; no distinct tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.