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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

साम्नो योनिं लये हेतुं साक्षाद्रुद्रस्वरूपिणम् । अथ तत्पुरतो ध्याता व्यधात्स्वनयनातिथिम्

Transliteration

sāmno yoniṃ laye hetuṃ sākṣādrudrasvarūpiṇam | atha tatpurato dhyātā vyadhātsvanayanātithim

Translation

他见其为《娑曼》（《娑摩吠陀》）之胎藏，为归灭之因，亦即鲁陀罗的真形；随后，行禅者将其安置于自身之前，作为供双目瞻礼的“宾客”。

Word by Word
साम्नःof the sāman (Vedic chant)
साम्नः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of sāman/chant”
योनिम्source, womb, origin
योनिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
लयेin dissolution (laya)
लये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — “in dissolution/absorption”
हेतुम्cause
हेतुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
साक्षात्directly, manifestly
साक्षात्:
Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाक्षात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) “directly/manifestly”
रुद्र-स्वरूपिणम्having the form of Rudra
रुद्र-स्वरूपिणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष “रुद्रस्य स्वरूपः यस्य” (having Rudra as form)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — अव्ययपद (discourse particle) “then/thereupon”
तत्-पुरतःin front of that
तत्-पुरतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुरतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय — स्थानवाचक (locative adverb) “in front of that/there”
ध्याताthe meditator
ध्याता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootध्यातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — “the meditator”
व्यधात्he arranged/created
व्यधात्:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘वि-’ — “he placed/arranged/created”
स्व-नयन-अतिथिम्a guest to his eyes (a sight to behold)
स्व-नयन-अतिथिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नयन (प्रातिपदिक) + अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध) “स्वस्य नयनस्य अतिथिः” — ‘guest of (his) eyes’
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame; not explicit in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tapasvin-meditator beholds a luminous Rudra-principle, felt as the womb of Sāman and the cause of dissolution; he ‘places’ the vision before his eyes like an honored guest.

Characters & Entities
R
Rudra
S
Sāmaveda (Sāman)

FAQs

Dissolution (laya) is not mere negation but a divine function identified with Rudra and sacred sound (Sāman).

Kāśī is the overarching locus where such Rudra-centered sound-metaphysics is taught in the Skanda Purāṇa.

No explicit rite; the emphasis is on contemplative ‘darśana’—placing the principle before one’s vision.

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