Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

मूलमंत्रेण संयुक्तमर्घ्यं दद्याच्च भानवे । मुच्यते सर्वपापैस्तु यो ह्येवं विनिवेदयेत्

Transliteration

mūlamaṃtreṇa saṃyuktamarghyaṃ dadyācca bhānave | mucyate sarvapāpaistu yo hyevaṃ vinivedayet

Translation

Man soll Bhānava (der Sonne) das Arghya darbringen, das mit dem Wurzel-Mantra verbunden ist. Wer es so darbringt, wird wahrlich von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• मूलमन्त्रेण: with the root-mantra
• मूलमन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: मूलः मन्त्रः (कर्मधारय); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संयुक्तम्: combined/associated
• संयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अर्घ्यम्)

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• भानवे: to the Sun
• भानवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Result/फलक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: सर्वाणि पापानि (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-भावे ‘all sins’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विनिवेदयेत्: should offer/present
• विनिवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवेद् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa near the sea/river-mouth offers a shining arghya to the rising Sun, hands cupped, with mantra on lips; the horizon glows and tīrtha waters sparkle.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-empowered devotion purifies: offering arghya to the Sun with the root-mantra is taught as a means of cleansing sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Sūrya-offering is described as especially efficacious for pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Presenting arghya to the Sun (Bhānu) while conjoining it with the mūla-mantra, with the stated fruit of freedom from sins.