Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

न तत्र प्रविशेज्जन्तुः सूर्यभक्तिविवर्जितः । इत्येतत्कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं सूर्यदैवतम्

Transliteration

na tatra praviśejjantuḥ sūryabhaktivivarjitaḥ | ityetatkathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ sūryadaivatam

Translation

Kein Wesen soll jenen heiligen Ort betreten, wenn es der Hingabe an Sūrya entbehrt. So, o Devī, ist dieses Māhātmya verkündet worden, in dem die Sonne die waltende Gottheit ist.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• praviśet: should enter
• praviśet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-viś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jantuḥ: a creature/person
• jantuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sūryabhaktivivarjitaḥ: devoid of devotion to the Sun
• sūryabhaktivivarjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-varjita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यभक्तेः विवर्जितः = devoid of devotion to the Sun)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vakyopasamhara (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक निपात (quotative)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'told/said' (agreeing with etat)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• māhātmyam: the greatness (account)
• māhātmyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sūryadaivatam: having the Sun as the presiding deity
• sūryadaivatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य दैवतम् = having the Sun as deity)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-daivata Ravi-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the gate of a sun-shrine precinct, a guardian-priest gestures that only Sūrya-devotees may enter; sincere pilgrims offer arghya as sunlight streams in, while indifferent visitors remain outside.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approach a tīrtha with the appropriate devotion; sacred geography is entered not merely by feet but by bhakti—here, devotion to Sūrya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), described within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A behavioral injunction: do not enter the sacred locale without Sūrya-devotion (sūrya-bhakti).