भानोः सकाशादुपरि लक्षे लक्ष्यः क्षपाकरः । नक्षत्रधं डलं सोमाल्लक्षयोजनमुच्छ्रितम्
bhānoḥ sakāśādupari lakṣe lakṣyaḥ kṣapākaraḥ | nakṣatradhaṃ ḍalaṃ somāllakṣayojanamucchritam
سورج کے اوپر ایک لاکھ یوجن کے فاصلے پر رات بنانے والا چاند دکھائی دیتا ہے؛ اور چاند کے اوپر ستاروں کا کرہ ایک لاکھ یوجن بلند ہے۔
Skanda
Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa)
Scene: A tiered cosmos: sun below, then the moon as ‘night-maker,’ then a glittering band of nakṣatras above—each separated by clear concentric distance rings.
Heavenly bodies are presented as part of a layered divine order, inviting contemplation of cosmic dharma and the Lord’s governance.
No tīrtha is directly praised; the verse belongs to a cosmological explanation within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None in this verse.