Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अनादिनिधनं देवमव्यक्तं तेजसां निधिम् । ये भक्तास्ते च लीयंते सौरस्थाने निरामये

Transliteration

anādinidhanaṃ devamavyaktaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim | ye bhaktāste ca līyaṃte saurasthāne nirāmaye

Translation

ఆ దేవుడు అనాది‑నిధనుడు, అవ్యక్తుడు, తేజస్సుల నిధి. భక్తులు కూడా నిరామయమైన సౌరస్థానంలో లీనమవుతారు.

Word by Word

• anādi-nidhanam: beginningless and endless
• anādi-nidhanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; विशेषण (of ‘devam’)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• avyaktam: unmanifest
• avyaktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक; √vyaj/√vyakt प्राकट्ये)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘devam’)

• tejasām: of splendors/energies
• tejasām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• nidhim: treasure/store
• nidhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘devam’ का अपपद/समानााधिकरण-भाव (appositional object)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• bhaktāḥ: devotees
• bhaktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj सेवायाम्, ‘devotee’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative pronoun)

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

• līyante: merge/dissolve
• līyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (धातु; श्लेषणे/लयने)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे (passive/intransitive: ‘merge’)

• saura-sthāne: in the solar abode
• saura-sthāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saura (प्रातिपदिक; sūrya-sambandhi) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sauram sthānam)

• nirāmaye: free from disease
• nirāmaye: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘sthāne’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saurasthāna (Sūrya-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya as an immense, formless radiance behind the icon—an ocean of light; devotees dissolve into that brilliance, leaving no bodily outline, signifying laya into a nirāmaya abode.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Sūrya
• Saurasthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is praised as transcendent radiance; devotion culminates in union with a divine, affliction-free state.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not a terrestrial tīrtha; it exalts Saurasthāna (the Sun’s spiritual abode) as the devotees’ destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it emphasizes bhakti (devotion) as the decisive means.