Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

यथा कदंबकुसुमं किंजल्कैः सर्वतोवृतम् । देदीप्यमानं हि तथा समंताद्भानुभानुभिः

Transliteration

yathā kadaṃbakusumaṃ kiṃjalkaiḥ sarvatovṛtam | dedīpyamānaṃ hi tathā samaṃtādbhānubhānubhiḥ

Translation

Như đóa kadamba được bao quanh bốn phía bởi những sợi nhị mà vẫn rực rỡ tỏa sáng, cũng vậy, nơi ấy bừng cháy khắp quanh bằng lớp lớp tia quang minh.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative adverb: as/just as)

• कदम्बकुसुमम्: a kadamba flower
• कदम्बकुसुमम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular; समास: कदम्बस्य कुसुमम्

• किञ्जल्कैः: with pollens
• किञ्जल्कैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्जल्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental plural

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: दिग्वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

• वृतम्: covered/surrounded
• वृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृञ् आवरणे)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — PPP, Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular

• देदीप्यमानम्: shining brilliantly
• देदीप्यमानम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दीप् (दीप् दीप्तौ) + दे
• Form: कृदन्त: शानच् (present middle participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Pres. mid. participle, Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• तथा: so; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: so/in the same way)

• समन्तात्: from all sides
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana (Circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: दिग्वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: from all around)

• भानुभानुभिः: by rays (lit. suns/radiances)
• भानुभानुभिः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक) + भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental plural; द्वन्द्व: भानु + भानु (बहवः भानवः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūryaloka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of sages/dvija (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing solar expanse filled with concentric rays, like a kadamba flower whose filaments encircle the bloom—light upon light, forming a radiant mandala that overwhelms the eye yet remains harmoniously patterned.

Characters & Entities

• Kadamba flower (kadaṃba-kusuma)
• Bhānu (Sun, as radiance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine realms are portrayed as suffused with overwhelming brilliance, inviting contemplation of cosmic order and sacred splendor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is named; the verse is an image of celestial radiance associated with the Sun’s realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive (stuti-like) imagery.