Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

अर्घदानैश्च विधिवत्सौरेः स्तोत्रजपैरपि । एवं समाराधयतस्तस्यार्को वरदोभवत्

Transliteration

arghadānaiśca vidhivatsaureḥ stotrajapairapi | evaṃ samārādhayatastasyārko varadobhavat

Translation

اس نے شاستری طریقے سے سورَی (سورج دیوتا) کو اَर्घیہ پیش کیا، اور ستوتر کا جپ اور سورج منتر کا ورد بھی کیا؛ یوں اسے راضی کر کے اَرک (سورج) اس کے لیے برکتوں کا دینے والا بن گیا۔

Word by Word

• अर्घदानैः: with offerings of arghya (respectful oblation)
• अर्घदानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घदान (प्रातिपदिक; अर्घ + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

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

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritually
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सौरेः: of Sauri (the Sun)
• सौरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• स्तोत्रजपैः: with hymns and recitations
• स्तोत्रजपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्रजप (प्रातिपदिक; स्तोत्र + जप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• समाराधयतः: of (him) who was worshipping
• समाराधयतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु) → समाराधयत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Present active participle used as genitive singular: 'of (him) worshipping'

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• अर्कः: the Sun (Arka)
• अर्कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Karta-pradhana (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular (predicate adjective)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperfect, 3rd sg

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn offers arghya to the rising Sun, hands cupped with water streaming in a shining arc, while softly chanting stotras and counting japa beads.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Saura, Arka)
• Vimala (devotee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rule-guided worship (vidhi) combined with heartfelt praise (stotra) and mantra practice (japa) draws divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a preeminent field where devotion quickly bears fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya to Sūrya, along with Saura stotra-recitation and japa.