Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
तस्य तुष्टो दिवानाथो वरदोऽहमथाब्रवीत्
Transliteration
tasya tuṣṭo divānātho varado'hamathābravīt
Translation
Wohlgefällig gestimmt sprach der Herr des Tages, die Sonne: „Ich bin der Spender der Gaben.“
Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
तुष्टःpleased
तुष्टः:
Viśeṣaṇa (predicate adjective of ‘दिवानाथः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from तुष् धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
दिवानाथःthe lord of the day (Sun)
दिवानाथः:
Karta (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदिवा + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘दिवायाः नाथः’
वरदःboon-giving
वरदः:
Viśeṣaṇa (predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (speaker as subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अनन्तर/particle: ‘then/now’)
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (भूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva) — narrating Sūrya’s response
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Nandāditya sannidhāna)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: From the installed Sūrya icon, a radiant presence manifests; the Lord of Day, glowing with solar aura, addresses the devotee, announcing boon-granting readiness.
Characters & Entities
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Divānātha (Sūrya)FAQs
Sincere worship culminates in divine satisfaction, and grace manifests as boon-bestowal.
The episode unfolds at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, highlighting its potency for Sūrya’s blessings.
No new prescription; it records the fruit of prior installation and worship—deity’s boon-granting presence.