Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

विजित्यभानु नाभानुं दिवापि समुदित्वराम् । निर्वापयंतीमिव तां स्वचेतस्तापसंततिम्

Transliteration

vijityabhānu nābhānuṃ divāpi samuditvarām | nirvāpayaṃtīmiva tāṃ svacetastāpasaṃtatim

Translation

ఆమె కాంతి పగలే అత్యంత ప్రకాశంగా ఉదయించింది, సూర్యునికీ జయించినట్టుగా; ఆ వెలుగు అతని మనస్సులోని నిరంతర దాహాన్ని చల్లార్చి ఆర్పుతున్నట్టుగా అనిపించింది.

Word by Word

• vijitya: having conquered/surpassed
• vijitya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√ji (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• bhānu: the sun
• bhānu: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• na: as if not / not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमासूचक/निषेधार्थक-अव्यय; अत्र 'न ... (इव)' = 'as if not' (comparative nuance)

• abhānum: a non-sun (as if no sun)
• abhānum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; नञ्-समासान्त-प्रातिपदिक (a-bhānu = non-sun)

• divā: by day
• divā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (by day/in daytime)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्यय (even/also)

• samuditvarām: risen and excellent
• samuditvarām: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samudita + varā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (समुदिता च सा वरा च)

• nirvāpayaṃtīm: causing to be cooled/extinguished
• nirvāpayaṃtīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir√vā (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ) causative (णिच्) भावः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• iva: as if
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sva-cetas-tāpa-saṃtatim: the continuous burning of his own mind
• sva-cetas-tāpa-saṃtatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + cetas + tāpa + saṃtati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य चेतसः तापस्य संततिः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Śrī-prabhāva locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kathā-audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A goddess-like radiance rises even in daylight, outshining the sun; waves of cool light flow toward the sage, visibly extinguishing a red, smoky aura around his head that represents mental fever.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya (implied)
• Mahālakṣmī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana is not mere spectacle—it pacifies inner suffering and cools the heat of restless thought.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as the setting where such liberating, mind-cooling vision becomes possible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse highlights the experiential fruit of devotion rather than a formal rite.