Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

भगो विवस्वान्पूषा च सविता दशमस्तथा । एकादशस्तथा त्वष्टा विष्णुर्द्वादश उच्यते

Transliteration

bhago vivasvānpūṣā ca savitā daśamastathā | ekādaśastathā tvaṣṭā viṣṇurdvādaśa ucyate

Translation

婆伽（Bhaga）、毗婆斯梵（Vivasvān）与补善（Pūṣan）；萨维特利（Savitṛ）为第十；特瓦什特利（Tvaṣṭṛ）为第十一；而毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）被宣说为第十二位（阿底提耶）。

Word by Word

• bhagaḥ: Bhaga (name of an Āditya)
• bhagaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vivasvān: Vivasvān (the Sun; name of an Āditya)
• vivasvān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pūṣā: Pūṣā (name of an Āditya)
• pūṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• savitā: Savitā (name of an Āditya)
• savitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• daśamaḥ: tenth
• daśamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• ekādaśaḥ: eleventh
• ekādaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); संख्यावाचक/क्रमवाचक (eleventh)

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• tvaṣṭā: Tvaṣṭā (name of an Āditya)
• tvaṣṭā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvaṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dvādaśaḥ: twelfth
• dvādaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); संख्यावाचक/क्रमवाचक (twelfth)

• ucyate: is said; is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm didactic scene: a sage recites the names of Ādityas; behind him a radiant solar disc with twelve subtle rays, each ray bearing a deity-emblem; Viṣṇu shown as a solar-sustainer aspect within the circle.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaga
• Vivasvān
• Pūṣan
• Savitṛ
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• Viṣṇu
• Ādityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Different divine names represent specific functions sustaining life; remembering them supports a dharmic, gratitude-filled worldview.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse is theological/cosmological.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the content naturally supports nāma-smaraṇa and recitative listing in worship.