Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

पावनातिशयसर्वचक्षुषे नैककामविषयप्रदायिने । भासुरामलमयूखमालिने सर्वभूतहितकारिणे नमः

Transliteration

pāvanātiśayasarvacakṣuṣe naikakāmaviṣayapradāyine | bhāsurāmalamayūkhamāline sarvabhūtahitakāriṇe namaḥ

Translation

السجودُ والتحيةُ لذلك «العين» الأسمى المُطهِّر لكلِّ الأبصار؛ لمانحِ شتّى المرغوبات؛ لِمَن تزيَّن بإكليلٍ من أشعّةٍ لامعةٍ طاهرةٍ لا دَنَسَ فيها؛ لِمُحسِنِ الخيرِ والرفاهِ لجميعِ الكائنات.

Word by Word

• pāvana-atiśaya-sarva-cakṣuṣe: to the supremely purifying eye of all
• pāvana-atiśaya-sarva-cakṣuṣe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvana (प्रातिपदिक) + atiśaya (प्रातिपदिक) + sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (cakṣus), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पावनातिशयः सर्वेषां चक्षुः इव)

• na-eka-kāma-viṣaya-pradāyine: to the giver of many desired objects
• na-eka-kāma-viṣaya-pradāyine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: na (अव्यय) + eka (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘na’ निषेधः (not only one)

• bhāsura-amala-mayūkha-māline: to him garlanded with bright, pure rays
• bhāsura-amala-mayūkha-māline: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāsura (प्रातिपदिक) + amala (प्रातिपदिक) + mayūkha (प्रातिपदिक) + mālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (भासुरैः अमलैः मयूखैः मालिनः)

• sarva-bhūta-hita-kāriṇe: to the doer of good for all beings
• sarva-bhūta-hita-kāriṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वभूतानां हितं करोति)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Predicate/Exclamation (सम्बोधनार्थ/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोगः)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारवाचक निपातः (indeclinable of salutation)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya as the all-seeing eye, encircled by a garland of spotless rays; beings of all kinds receive warmth and well-being; devotees salute with arghya at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya is praised as purifier and universal benefactor; devotion aligns one with welfare (hita) and purity (pāvana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the sacred context in which this Sūrya-stuti is preserved and valorized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse centers on namas (salutation) and praise; no explicit dāna/snānā rules are stated.