Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सुखप्रदं तु कौबेर्यां कोसले गोपतिं तथा । कौंकणे तु पद्मदेवं तापनं विन्ध्यपर्वते

Transliteration

sukhapradaṃ tu kauberyāṃ kosale gopatiṃ tathā | kauṃkaṇe tu padmadevaṃ tāpanaṃ vindhyaparvate

Translation

In Kauberī ist er „Sukhaprada“; in Kosala ebenso „Gopati“; in Koṅkaṇa „Padmadeva“; und auf dem Vindhya-Berg „Tāpana“.

Word by Word

• सुखप्रदम्: (the form called) ‘giver of happiness’
• सुखप्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; सुख + प्रद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-भावः)

• तु: indeed/and/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrast particle)

• कौबेर्याम्: in Kauberī (region)
• कौबेर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौबेर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कोसले: in Kosala
• कोसले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• गोपतिम्: (the form called) ‘lord of cows’
• गोपतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-पति (प्रातिपदिक; गो + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha/Discourse (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘likewise’)

• कौंकणे: in Konkan
• कौंकणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• पद्मदेवम्: Padmadeva (lotus-deity/name)
• पद्मदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म-देव (प्रातिपदिक; पद्म + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (पद्मः इव देवः/पद्मसम्बन्धी देवः)

• तापनम्: Tāpana (name; ‘heating/causing heat’)
• तापनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• विन्ध्यपर्वते: on/in the Vindhya mountain
• विन्ध्यपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्ध्य-पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक; विन्ध्य + पर्वत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kauberī (Sukhaprada); Kosala (Gopati); Koṅkaṇa (Padmadeva); Vindhya (Tāpana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya as Sukhaprada blessing devotees with prosperity at Kauberī; as Gopati in pastoral Kosala with cows and herdsmen; as Padmadeva in Konkan with lotus and coastal temple; as Tāpana over Vindhya with intense golden rays over rugged hills and ascetics performing tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Kauberī
• Sukhaprada
• Kosala
• Gopati
• Koṅkaṇa
• Padmadeva
• Vindhya
• Tāpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya is praised as the giver of welfare—joy, protection, and transforming heat—mirrored in regional devotional names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kauberī, Kosala, Koṅkaṇa, and Vindhyaparvata are highlighted as abodes of Sūrya’s named presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual details are specified in this verse.