Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

वर्णाश्च हंसपतंगोर्ध्वांचनसत्यांगसंज्ञाश्चत्वारो भगवंतं सूर्यं यजंते

Transliteration

varṇāśca haṃsapataṃgordhvāṃcanasatyāṃgasaṃjñāścatvāro bhagavaṃtaṃ sūryaṃ yajaṃte

Translation

และวรรณะทั้งสี่—หังสะ ปตังคะ อูรธวางจนะ และสัตยางคะ—ล้วนบูชาพระสุริยะผู้เป็นภควาน

Word by Word

• वर्णाः: classes; groups
• वर्णाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• हंस-पतंग-ऊर्ध्व-अञ्चन-सत्य-अङ्ग-संज्ञाः: having the names Haṃsa, Pataṅga, Ūrdhva, Añcana, Satya, Aṅga
• हंस-पतंग-ऊर्ध्व-अञ्चन-सत्य-अङ्ग-संज्ञाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haṃsa + pataṅga + ūrdhva + añcana + satya + aṅga + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिकानि; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (हंसादि-संज्ञा येषां ते)

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāra (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्या-विशेषणम् (वर्णाः)

• भगवन्तम्: the blessed; venerable
• भगवन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (सूर्यं) विशेषणम्

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• यजन्ते: worship
• यजन्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yaj (यज् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomeda-dvīpa (Sūrya-upāsanā-bhūmi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four distinct communities—Haṃsa, Pataṃga, Ūrdhvāṃcana, Satyāṃga—stand in orderly rows facing a radiant Sūrya-maṇḍala, offering arghya with copper vessels; the sky glows with dawn colors.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is revered as a universal sustainer; dharma expresses itself as orderly, collective worship of the presiding deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; this is a cosmological note on Sūrya-upāsanā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (yajana) of Sūrya is indicated, implying offerings and solar devotion.