Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 202

Devanagari script

इति शातिततेजाः स श्वशुरेणातिशोभनम् । वपुर्दधार मार्त्तंडः पुष्पबाणमनोरमम्

Transliteration

iti śātitatejāḥ sa śvaśureṇātiśobhanam | vapurdadhāra mārttaṃḍaḥ puṣpabāṇamanoramam

Translation

So nahm Mārtaṇḍa (die Sonne), dessen Glanz durch die Tat des Schwiegervaters gemildert war, eine überaus herrliche Gestalt an—lieblich wie ein Blumenstrauß.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Discourse marker (इत्यादि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• śātita-tejāḥ: whose radiance was diminished
• śātita-tejāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śātita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √śāt/śad ‘to cut down/diminish’) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — बहुव्रीहिः: ‘यस्य तेजः शातितम्’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• śvaśureṇa: by (his) father-in-law
• śvaśureṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvaśura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• ati-śobhanam: very splendid
• ati-śobhanam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — ‘ati-śobhana’ (अत्यन्तं शोभनम्)

• vapuḥ: body/form
• vapuḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• dadhāra: assumed/bore
• dadhāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• mārtaṇḍaḥ: Mārtaṇḍa (the Sun)
• mārtaṇḍaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārtaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• puṣpa-bāṇa-manoramam: charming with flower-arrows (i.e., love’s adornment)
• puṣpa-bāṇa-manoramam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + manorama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — ‘puṣpa-bāṇa’ (पुष्पमयाः बाणाः) इति तत्पुरुषः; तेन ‘manorama’ विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārtaṇḍa appears with softened, flower-like radiance—rays like petals—after his brilliance is tempered by his father-in-law; the sky glows warmly without harsh glare.

Characters & Entities

• Mārtaṇḍa (Sun)
• Śvaśura (father-in-law, implied Viśvakarman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power becomes auspicious when moderated—tejas aligned with dharma turns from burning force into beneficent beauty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where solar and divine narratives are recounted as part of the site’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of the Sun’s transformed appearance.