Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पूजयेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षं तत्र सूर्यस्वरूपिणम् । मुक्तो भवति पापेभ्यः सर्वकामैः समृध्यते

Transliteration

pūjayetpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ tatra sūryasvarūpiṇam | mukto bhavati pāpebhyaḥ sarvakāmaiḥ samṛdhyate

Translation

وهناك ينبغي أن تُقام العبادة لبوندارِيكākṣa، ذي هيئة الشمس؛ فيتحرّر العابد من الآثام كلّها وتتحقّق له جميع المقاصد المرغوبة.

Word by Word

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/benedictive), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• puṇḍarīkākṣam: Puṇḍarīkākṣa (lotus-eyed Lord)
• puṇḍarīkākṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇḍarīka-akṣa (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lotus’ + ‘eye’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• sūryasvarūpiṇam: having the form of the Sun
• sūryasvarūpiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya-svarūpin (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sun’ + ‘having the form’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying puṇḍarīkākṣam)

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (कृदन्त; मुच्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• pāpebhyaḥ: from sins
• pāpebhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), पञ्चमी विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• sarvakāmaiḥ: with all desired objects (all wishes)
• sarvakāmaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-kāma (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all’ + ‘desires’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), तृतीया विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• samṛdhyate: prospers / is fulfilled
• samṛdhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (injunctive narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aparanārāyaṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships Puṇḍarīkākṣa at Aparanārāyaṇa, where the deity is explicitly ‘in the form of the Sun’; the scene emphasizes radiance, lotus imagery, and the devotee’s purification and fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu)
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship at a sanctified place brings purification (freedom from pāpa) and the accomplishment of legitimate aims, affirming the Mahātmya of the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred locale in Prabhāsa Kṣetra associated with Aparanārāyaṇa/Puṇḍarīkākṣa worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Puṇḍarīkākṣa, understood here as Viṣṇu manifesting in the form of Sūrya.