Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अनादिनिधनं देवमव्यक्तं तेजसां निधिम् । ये भक्तास्ते च लीयंते सौरस्थाने निरामये

Transliteration

anādinidhanaṃ devamavyaktaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim | ye bhaktāste ca līyaṃte saurasthāne nirāmaye

Translation

Vị Thần ấy vô thủy vô chung, vô tướng (bất hiển), là kho tàng của mọi quang huy. Những ai chí thành sùng kính, cũng hòa nhập vào cảnh giới của Thái Dương, nơi không còn khổ bệnh.

Word by Word

• anādi-nidhanam: beginningless and endless
• anādi-nidhanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; विशेषण (of ‘devam’)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• avyaktam: unmanifest
• avyaktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक; √vyaj/√vyakt प्राकट्ये)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘devam’)

• tejasām: of splendors/energies
• tejasām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• nidhim: treasure/store
• nidhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘devam’ का अपपद/समानााधिकरण-भाव (appositional object)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• bhaktāḥ: devotees
• bhaktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj सेवायाम्, ‘devotee’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative pronoun)

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

• līyante: merge/dissolve
• līyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (धातु; श्लेषणे/लयने)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे (passive/intransitive: ‘merge’)

• saura-sthāne: in the solar abode
• saura-sthāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saura (प्रातिपदिक; sūrya-sambandhi) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sauram sthānam)

• nirāmaye: free from disease
• nirāmaye: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘sthāne’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saurasthāna (Sūrya-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya as an immense, formless radiance behind the icon—an ocean of light; devotees dissolve into that brilliance, leaving no bodily outline, signifying laya into a nirāmaya abode.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Sūrya
• Saurasthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is praised as transcendent radiance; devotion culminates in union with a divine, affliction-free state.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not a terrestrial tīrtha; it exalts Saurasthāna (the Sun’s spiritual abode) as the devotees’ destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it emphasizes bhakti (devotion) as the decisive means.