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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

दिवाकरो मित्रविष्णुश्च देव ख्यातस्त्वं वै द्वादशात्मा नमस्ते । लोकत्रयं वै तव गर्भगेहं जलाधारः प्रोच्यसे खं समग्रम्

divākaro mitraviṣṇuśca deva khyātastvaṃ vai dvādaśātmā namaste | lokatrayaṃ vai tava garbhagehaṃ jalādhāraḥ procyase khaṃ samagram

اے دیو! تو دیواکر، مِتر اور وِشنو کے نام سے مشہور ہے؛ بے شک تو بارہ رُوپی ہے—تجھے نمسکار۔ تینوں لوک تیرے رحم کے کمرے ہیں؛ تو پانیوں کا سہارا کہلاتا ہے، اور سارا آکاش تیری ہمہ گیر وسعت ہے۔

divākaraḥDivākara (maker of day)
divākaraḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdivā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: ‘दिवाकर’ (day-maker); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
mitra-viṣṇuḥMitra and Viṣṇu
mitra-viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmitra (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास: ‘मित्रविष्णुः’ (Mitra and Viṣṇu as forms/names); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समाहार/एकत्वेन स्तुति)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय-निपात) — ‘च’ (and)
devaO god
deva:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — हे देव
khyātaḥare known (as)
khyātaḥ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkhyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘ख्यातः’ (renowned/known)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘त्वम्’
vaiindeed
vai:
Nishcaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (निश्चयार्थक-निपात) — ‘वै’ (indeed)
dvādaśa-ātmāone of twelve forms
dvādaśa-ātmā:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि-समास: ‘द्वादशात्मा’ = यस्य आत्मा/रूपाणि द्वादश (having twelve forms); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययप्रयोग (नमस्कारार्थक) — ‘नमः’ (salutation)
teto you
te:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — ‘ते’ (to you)
loka-trayamthe three worlds
loka-trayam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (द्विगु): ‘लोकत्रयम्’ (three worlds); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
vaiindeed
vai:
Nishcaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (निश्चयार्थक-निपात) — ‘वै’ (indeed)
tavayour
tava:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘तव’ (of you/your)
garbha-geham(as) your womb/abode
garbha-geham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (प्रातिपदिक) + geha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: ‘गर्भगेहम्’ (womb-house/inner abode); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
jala-ādhāraḥthe support of waters
jala-ādhāraḥ:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक) + ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: ‘जलाधारः’ (support of waters); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
procyaseare called
procyase:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vac (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘प्रोच्यसे’ (you are called/said to be)
khamthe sky/space
kham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘खम्’ (sky/space)
samagramentire
samagram:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamagra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘समग्रम्’ (entire/whole), ‘खम्’ इति विशेषणम्

Kamaṭha (in the stotra)

Type: kshetra

Scene: Sūrya is praised as Divākara, Mitra, Viṣṇu, and as twelvefold; the three worlds appear as a chamber within him, with waters supported and the sky spread as his vast body—cosmic visualization within a hymn.

D
Divākara
M
Mitra
V
Viṣṇu
D
Dvādaśātmā
L
Lokatraya

FAQs

Sūrya is revered as the cosmic principle pervading time (twelvefold cycle) and space, sustaining worlds and elements.

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse universalizes Sūrya’s presence as cosmic.

Namas (salutation) and stuti acknowledging Sūrya’s twelvefold aspect.