Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सूर्य उवाच । मयि दृष्टे सदा यस्मात्कुरुषे स्वाक्षिसंयमम् । तस्माज्जनिष्यते मूढे प्रजासंयमनो यमः

Transliteration

sūrya uvāca | mayi dṛṣṭe sadā yasmātkuruṣe svākṣisaṃyamam | tasmājjaniṣyate mūḍhe prajāsaṃyamano yamaḥ

Translation

太阳说道：因为你一望见我便常常约束自己的双眼，所以，愚迷者啊，将诞生阎摩（Yama）——众生的制御者与统摄者。

Word by Word

• सूर्यः: the Sun (Sūrya)
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मयि: in/at me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दृष्टे: when (I am) seen / upon being seen
• दृष्टे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यस्मात्: since/because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतु-अर्थे (because of/since)

• कुरुषे: you do/perform
• कुरुषे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्वाक्षि-संयमम्: restraint of your own eyes
• स्वाक्षि-संयमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + संयम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य अक्ष्णोः संयमः)

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तस्मात् = therefore/from that cause

• जनिष्यते: will be born
• जनिष्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मूढे: O deluded one
• मूढे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रजा-संयमनः: restrainer of beings
• प्रजा-संयमनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + संयमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजानां संयमनः = restrainer of creatures)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Saṃjñā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ravi speaks with solemn authority, declaring that from Saṃjñā’s habitual eye-restraint will arise Yama, the restrainer of creatures; a cosmic courtroom aura implied.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restraint and regulation are divine principles; Yama embodies cosmic discipline that sustains moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is part of a mythic explanation of Yama’s birth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it frames a moral-cosmic principle through narrative (saṃyama as a divine function).