Shloka 8 - Adhyaya 46 - Purva Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामिह जंतूनां त्वं वेत्सि ब्रध्नचेष्टितम् । अतएव जगच्चक्षुर्व्रज त्वं कार्यसिद्धये

Transliteration

sarveṣāmiha jaṃtūnāṃ tvaṃ vetsi bradhnaceṣṭitam | ataeva jagaccakṣurvraja tvaṃ kāryasiddhaye

Translation

सर्वेषामिह जन्तूनां त्वं चेष्टितं मनोगतम् अपि वेत्सि, ब्रध्नस्य (सूर्यस्य) कर्मापि जानासि। अत एव, हे जगच्चक्षुः, कार्यसिद्धये त्वं प्रस्थितः भव।

Word by Word

सर्वेषाम्of all

इहhere

जन्तूनाम्of creatures

त्वम्you

वेत्सिknow

ब्रध्नचेष्टितम्the activity/deed of Bradhna (the Sun)

अतएवtherefore indeed

जगच्चक्षुःO eye of the world (Sun)

व्रजgo

त्वम्you

कार्यसिद्धयेfor the accomplishment of the task

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods address Ravi, praising his all-knowing sight and urging him to proceed to accomplish a divine task connected with Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

Ravi (Sūrya)

Jagaccakṣu (Eye of the World)

Bradhna (epithet)

all beings (jaṃtu)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine insight is invoked in service of dharma; knowledge and power are to be used for righteous accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied destination and narrative focus, as the mission proceeds toward the Kāśī-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a commissioning verse directing Sūrya toward a dharmic objective.