Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सूर्यमेवाभिपूजयेत् । जनकादयो यथा सिद्धिं गता भानुं प्रपूज्य च

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena sūryamevābhipūjayet | janakādayo yathā siddhiṃ gatā bhānuṃ prapūjya ca

Translation

فلذلك، وبكل جهدٍ، ينبغي أن يُعبَد سوريَّا وحده؛ كما أن جانَكا وغيرَه بلغوا الكمال حين عبدوا «بهانو» عبادةً تامةً على الوجه الصحيح.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अर्थे ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘अतः/इस कारण से’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘सर्वप्रयत्न’ = ‘सम्पूर्ण प्रयत्न’ (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/only)

• अभिपूजयेत्: should worship
• अभिपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘अभि-पूज्’ = ‘विशेषेण पूजयेत्’

• जनकादयः: Janaka and others
• जनकादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘जनक-आदयः’ = ‘जनक आदि (अन्ये)’

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक), ‘यथा’ = ‘जैसे/जिस प्रकार’

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, success
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गताः: having attained, went to
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Active Participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘गता’ = ‘प्राप्ताः’

• भानुम्: the Sun (Bhānu)
• भानुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रपूज्य: having worshipped
• प्रपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘प्र-पूज्य’ = ‘पूजयित्वा’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक), conjunction

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, exhortation in Prabhāsa Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-siddhi teaching)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined devotee performs Sūrya-pūjā with disciplined posture; behind, a vignette of King Janaka in royal attire also offering arghya—signifying siddhi through devotion amid duty.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Bhānu
• Janaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, wholehearted worship leads to siddhi; exemplars like Janaka are cited to anchor practice in tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya worship is urged as a principal means of merit and accomplishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription: worship Sūrya/Bhānu with full effort and reverence (abhipūjā).