Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 171

Devanagari script

विवस्वते प्रणतजनानुकम्पिने महात्मने समजवसप्तसप्तये । सतेजसे कमलकुलालिबंधवे सदा तमःपटलपटावपाटिने

Transliteration

vivasvate praṇatajanānukampine mahātmane samajavasaptasaptaye | satejase kamalakulālibaṃdhave sadā tamaḥpaṭalapaṭāvapāṭine

Translation

سلامٌ وخضوعٌ لِفيفاسفان (إله الشمس)، الرحيم بالمنحنين؛ وللعظيم النفس الذي تسير خيوله السبعة في انسجام تام؛ وللمتألّق صديقِ أسراب اللوتس؛ ولمن يمزّق على الدوام ستائر الظلمة المتراكبة—(تحية وسجود).

Word by Word

• vivasvate: to Vivasvat (the Sun)
• vivasvate: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• praṇata-jana-anukampine: to the compassionate (one) toward the bowed people
• praṇata-jana-anukampine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praṇata (कृदन्त, √nam्/नम्) + jana (प्रातिपदिक) + anukampin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्रणतजनान् अनुकम्पते इति)

• mahātmane: to the great-souled one
• mahātmane: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• samajava-sapta-saptaye: to him whose seven (horses) are swift/even-paced
• samajava-sapta-saptaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samajava (प्रातिपदिक) + sapta (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + saptin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (समजवाः सप्त यस्य)

• sa-tejase: to the radiant one
• sa-tejase: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्गसदृश/प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (तेजस्-शब्दः), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सतेजाः = तेजस्वी)

• kamala-kula-āli-bandhave: to the friend/kinsman of the lotus-cluster and bees
• kamala-kula-āli-bandhave: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + āli (प्रातिपदिक) + bandhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कमलकुलस्य आलयः/आलिः इव, तस्य बन्धुः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• tamaḥ-paṭala-paṭa-avapāṭine: to the remover of the cloth-like veil of darkness
• tamaḥ-paṭala-paṭa-avapāṭine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tamas (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭala (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + avapāṭin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तमःपटलरूपं पटं अवपाटयति इति)

Speaker

Unspecified within snippet (stotra-verse to Sūrya in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sūrya with seven horses, approached by devotees with folded hands; lotuses open toward him; darkness depicted as torn veils receding from the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Vivasvān)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya’s grace removes inner and outer darkness; devotion (praṇāma) draws divine compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated as a sacred landscape where such Sūrya-stuti yields merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is namaskāra/stuti to Sūrya; no detailed vrata or dāna is specified.