Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

अयं हि रुद्र आदित्यो हरिरेष दिवाकरः । रविर्हिरण्यरूपोऽसौ त्रयीरूपोऽयमर्यमा

Transliteration

ayaṃ hi rudra ādityo harireṣa divākaraḥ | ravirhiraṇyarūpo'sau trayīrūpo'yamaryamā

Translation

ଏହି ଆଦିତ୍ୟ ହିଁ ରୁଦ୍ର; ଏହି ହିଁ ହରି—ଦିନକର୍ତ୍ତା ଦିବାକର। ଏହି ହିଁ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣରୂପ ରବି; ଏହି ହିଁ ତ୍ରୟୀ-ବେଦସ୍ୱରୂପ; ଏହି ହିଁ ଆର୍ୟମା।

Word by Word

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Pradhana-nama (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ādityaḥ: Āditya (Sun)
• ādityaḥ: Pradhana-nama (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Pradhana-nama (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• eṣaḥ: this (one)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• divākaraḥ: maker of day (Sun)
• divākaraḥ: Pradhana-nama (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divā + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (divāyāḥ karaḥ)

• raviḥ: Ravi (Sun)
• raviḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• hiraṇyarūpaḥ: golden-formed
• hiraṇyarūpaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hiraṇya + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (hiraṇyaṃ rūpaṃ yasya/ hiraṇya-rūpa)

• asau: that (one)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• trayīrūpaḥ: having the form of the Vedic triad
• trayīrūpaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trayī + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (trayīyāḥ rūpaḥ)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aryamā: Aryaman
• aryamā: Pradhana-nama (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aryaman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced from immediate narrative context of Dharmāraṇya instructions)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Āditya
• Hari
• Divākara
• Ravi
• Aryaman
• Trayī (Ṛg-Yajus-Sāman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is praised as a single divine principle manifesting as multiple deities and as the living presence of Vedic revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is explicitly named; the verse is theological, presenting Sūrya’s all-deity identity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated; the verse supports Sūrya-upāsanā by identifying him with major divine forms and Vedic authority.