Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

गुरुश्च दक्षिणे कर्णे वामकर्णे तथा भृगुः । मुखे शनैश्चरः प्रोक्तो गुदे राहुः प्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

guruśca dakṣiṇe karṇe vāmakarṇe tathā bhṛguḥ | mukhe śanaiścaraḥ prokto gude rāhuḥ prakīrtitaḥ

Translation

வலது காதில் குரு (வியாழன்) இருக்கிறார்; இடது காதில் ப்ருகு (சுக்கிரன்) இருக்கிறார். வாயில் சனீஸ்வரன் எனக் கூறப்படுகிறது; குதத்தில் ராகு எனப் புகழப்படுகிறது.

Word by Word

• guruḥ: Jupiter (Guru)
• guruḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• dakṣiṇe: in the right
• dakṣiṇe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• karṇe: ear
• karṇe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• vāma-karṇe: in the left ear
• vāma-karṇe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक) + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (left + ear)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb/conjunction: likewise)

• bhṛguḥ: Venus (Bhṛgu/Śukra)
• bhṛguḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mukhe: in the mouth
• mukhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śanaiścaraḥ: Saturn
• śanaiścaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śanaiścara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• proktaḥ: is said
• proktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• gude: in the anus
• gude: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rāhuḥ: Rāhu
• rāhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prakīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed
• prakīrtitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kīrt (कीर्त् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karṇa-Guru/Śukra sthāna; Mukha-Śani; Guda-Rāhu (Deha-graha mapping)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic figure with highlighted ears (right with Jupiter’s golden emblem, left with Venus’ bright emblem), mouth with Saturn’s dark-blue sign, and a discreet lower-body aura indicating Rāhu as shadow-node—handled with iconographic modesty.

Characters & Entities

• Guru (Bṛhaspati)
• Bhṛgu (Śukra)
• Śanaiścara
• Rāhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the forces that govern fate (grahas) are to be understood as residing within the embodied field, making self-discipline a sacred cosmological practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No external tīrtha is named; the teaching supports the internalization of pilgrimage through sacred-body contemplation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied contemplative placement (nyāsa) of grahas in bodily locations; no external rite is specified.