Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

किं तस्य न भवेल्लोके यश्चैभिश्चार्चयेद्रविम् । उपलिप्यालयं यस्तु कुर्यान्मंडलकं शुभम्

Transliteration

kiṃ tasya na bhavelloke yaścaibhiścārcayedravim | upalipyālayaṃ yastu kuryānmaṃḍalakaṃ śubham

Translation

Was sollte in dieser Welt unerreichbar sein für den, der Ravi, die Sonne, mit diesen Gaben verehrt? Und wer, nachdem er das Heiligtum bestrichen und gereinigt hat, ein glückverheißendes Maṇḍala anlegt—dessen Verdienst ist gewiss und gefestigt.

Word by Word

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; प्रश्नवाचक (what)

• tasya: for him; of him
• tasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (of him/of that)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• bhavet: would be; may occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धवाचक (who)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ebhiḥ: with these
• ebhiḥ: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (instrumental plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (अर्च्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• ravim: the Sun
• ravim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• upalipya: having plastered/smeared
• upalipya: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upa + lip (लिप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः उप + धातुः लिप् (to smear/plaster)

• ālayaṃ: a dwelling/house
• ālayaṃ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (but/indeed)

• kuryāt: should make
• kuryāt: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• maṃḍalakaṃ: a small circle/diagram
• maṃḍalakaṃ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃḍalaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; maṃḍalakaṃ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-āyatana)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After plastering and purifying the shrine floor, a devotee draws a bright auspicious maṇḍala before the Sun’s image; offerings and lamps surround the design, sunlight streaming in.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• maṇḍala
• ālaya (shrine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship combines devotion with sacred order—cleaning, consecrating space, and offering with reverence brings worldly and spiritual fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the section praising rites performed there for Ravi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Ravi with the praised offerings; plaster/clean the shrine (upalepa) and draw an auspicious ritual maṇḍala.