Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सांबादित्यस्य महिमा द्रुपदादित्य शंसनम् । ततस्तु गरुडाख्यानमरुणार्कादयस्ततः

Transliteration

sāṃbādityasya mahimā drupadāditya śaṃsanam | tatastu garuḍākhyānamaruṇārkādayastataḥ

Translation

ତାପରେ ସାମ୍ବାଦିତ୍ୟଙ୍କ ମହିମା ଓ ଦ୍ରୁପଦାଦିତ୍ୟଙ୍କ ପ୍ରଶଂସା। ଅନନ୍ତରେ ଗରୁଡଖ୍ୟାନ, ଏବଂ ପରେ ଅରୁଣାର୍କ ଆଦି (ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟରୂପ) ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା।

Word by Word

• sāṃbādityasya: of Sāmbāditya
• sāṃbādityasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃbāditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• mahimā: greatness; glory
• mahimā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• drupadāditya: Drupadāditya (name)
• drupadāditya: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: drupadāditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• śaṃsanam: praise; proclamation
• śaṃsanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — contrast/emphasis

• garuḍa-ākhyānam: narrative of Garuḍa
• garuḍa-ākhyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गरुडस्य आख्यानम्)

• aruṇārka-ādayaḥ: Aruṇārka and others
• aruṇārka-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aruṇārka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अरुणार्कः आदिः येषाम्) — 'Aruṇārka and others'

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbāditya; Drupadāditya; Aruṇārka (Kāśī solar nodes)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional sequence: multiple Sūrya icons titled Sāmbāditya, Drupadāditya, Aruṇārka, with a parallel vignette of Garuḍa—majestic, protective—linking solar radiance and divine guardianship.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmbāditya
• Drupadāditya
• Garuḍa
• Aruṇārka
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s māhātmya embraces multiple devotional streams—Sūrya worship and Garuḍa-linked narratives are honored within the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Solar tīrthas/forms such as Sāmbāditya and Drupadāditya within the Kāśī sacred circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit here; later sections typically connect Sūrya sites with worship, fasts, and arghya, but this verse is an outline.