Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

इति हि सकलधर्मभावहेतोर्हरकमलासनविष्णुसंस्तुतस्य । तनुपरिलिखनं निशम्य भानोर्व्रजति दिवाकरलोकमायुषोंऽते

Transliteration

iti hi sakaladharmabhāvahetorharakamalāsanaviṣṇusaṃstutasya | tanuparilikhanaṃ niśamya bhānorvrajati divākaralokamāyuṣoṃ'te

Translation

هكذا حقًّا—مَن أصغى إلى هذا الوصف المقدّس لِبْهانو (إله الشمس)، الذي يثني عليه هَرَةُ وبراهما الجالس على اللوتس وفيشنو، وهو السبب الذي يوقظ ميول الدارما كلّها—فإنه عند انقضاء العمر يمضي إلى عالم ديفاكارا.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थ-अव्यय (quotative/thus)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• sakala-dharma-bhāva-hetoḥ: of the cause of all dharma-being
• sakala-dharma-bhāva-hetoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘सकलधर्मभावस्य हेतुः’ (cause of the state of all dharmas)

• hara-kamala-āsana-viṣṇu-saṃstutasya: of (him) praised by Hara, Brahmā, and Viṣṇu
• hara-kamala-āsana-viṣṇu-saṃstutasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + kamala-āsana (प्रातिपदिक; brahmā) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstuta (कृदन्त; √stu)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘हर-कमलासन-विष्णुभिः संस्तुतः’ (praised by Hara, Brahmā, and Viṣṇu)

• tanu-parilikhanaṃ: the drawing/inscription of the body
• tanu-parilikhanaṃ: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक) + parilikhana (प्रातिपदिक; √likh)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तन्वाः परिलिखनम् (inscribing/drawing of the body)

• niśamya: having heard/observed
• niśamya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-√śam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having heard/observed’

• bhānoḥ: of the Sun
• bhānoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vrajati: goes
• vrajati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• divākara-lokaṃ: to the world of the Sun
• divākara-lokaṃ: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिवाकरस्य लोकः (world of the Sun)

• āyuṣaḥ: of life
• āyuṣaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhānu/Sūrya-māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī; secondarily all future hearers/readers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhānu (Sūrya) enthroned in radiance, being praised by Śiva (Hara), Brahmā (lotus-seated), and Viṣṇu; below, a listener hears the māhātmya; at the end of life, a subtle soul-figure ascends toward Divākara-loka.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sūrya)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Kamalāsana (Brahmā)
• Viṣṇu
• Divākara-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of māhātmya is itself a dharmic act; attentive listening to sacred praise is credited with elevating the soul’s final destination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a Sūrya-associated sacred landscape, summarized through a phalaśruti on hearing its account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to (or recitation of) the described māhātmya; its stated fruit is reaching Divākara-loka at life’s end.