Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सोमो बृहस्पतिः शुक्रो बुधोंऽगारक एव च । इन्द्रो विवस्वान्दीप्तांशुः शुचिः सौरिः शनैश्चरः

Transliteration

somo bṛhaspatiḥ śukro budhoṃ'gāraka eva ca | indro vivasvāndīptāṃśuḥ śuciḥ sauriḥ śanaiścaraḥ

Translation

Man preist Ihn als Soma (den Mond), Bṛhaspati, Śukra, Budha und Aṅgāraka; als Indra; als Vivasvān, den Strahlenden mit flammenden Strahlen; als den Reinen; und als Sauri — Śanaiścara selbst. So wird der Herr durch die Mächte besungen, die den Himmel regieren.

Word by Word

• सोमः: Soma (Moon)
• सोमः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)
• बृहस्पतिः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुक्रः: Śukra (Venus)
• शुक्रः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बुधः: Budha (Mercury)
• बुधः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अङ्गारकः: Aṅgāraka (Mars)
• अङ्गारकः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारणार्थक निपात)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विवस्वान्: Vivasvān (Sun)
• विवस्वान्: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दीप्तांशुः: bright-rayed
• दीप्तांशुः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्त-अंशु (प्रातिपदिक; दीप्त + अंशु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुचिः: the pure one
• शुचिः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सौरिः: Sauri (Saturn)
• सौरिः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शनैश्चरः: slow-moving one (Saturn)
• शनैश्चरः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनैः-चर (प्रातिपदिक; शनैः + चर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial dome above the Prabhāsa shore: the Lord at center, with Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Indra, Sun, and Saturn depicted as radiant deities offering hymns; rays converge into a single effulgence.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Bṛhaspati
• Śukra
• Budha
• Aṅgāraka
• Indra
• Vivasvān (Sūrya)
• Śanaiścara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All celestial powers (grahas and deva-rulers) are ultimately facets of the one solar divinity; praising Sūrya as their inner essence cultivates unity of worship and steadiness of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha/Somnath region) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself is part of a nāma-stuti (name-recitation); the implied practice is kīrtana/japa of Sūrya’s names for merit and purification.