Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

अर्घदानैश्च विधिवत्सौरेः स्तोत्रजपैरपि । एवं समाराधयतस्तस्यार्को वरदोभवत्

Transliteration

arghadānaiśca vidhivatsaureḥ stotrajapairapi | evaṃ samārādhayatastasyārko varadobhavat

Translation

ਉਸ ਨੇ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਸੌਰਿ ਨੂੰ ਅਰਘ੍ਯ ਅਰਪਣ ਕੀਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਜਪ ਤੇ ਸੂਰਯ-ਮੰਤਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਉਚਾਰਣ ਕੀਤਾ; ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਅਰਕ (ਸੂਰਜ) ਉਸ ਲਈ ਵਰਦਾਨ-ਦਾਤਾ ਬਣ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• अर्घदानैः: with offerings of arghya (respectful oblation)
• अर्घदानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घदान (प्रातिपदिक; अर्घ + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritually
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सौरेः: of Sauri (the Sun)
• सौरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• स्तोत्रजपैः: with hymns and recitations
• स्तोत्रजपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्रजप (प्रातिपदिक; स्तोत्र + जप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• समाराधयतः: of (him) who was worshipping
• समाराधयतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु) → समाराधयत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Present active participle used as genitive singular: 'of (him) worshipping'

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• अर्कः: the Sun (Arka)
• अर्कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Karta-pradhana (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular (predicate adjective)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperfect, 3rd sg

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn offers arghya to the rising Sun, hands cupped with water streaming in a shining arc, while softly chanting stotras and counting japa beads.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Saura, Arka)
• Vimala (devotee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rule-guided worship (vidhi) combined with heartfelt praise (stotra) and mantra practice (japa) draws divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a preeminent field where devotion quickly bears fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya to Sūrya, along with Saura stotra-recitation and japa.