Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

विद्यायाः साधनं चक्रे सिद्धिं सूर्यादवाप्तवान् । बालादित्येति तेनासौ ततः ख्यातिमगात्प्रभुः

Transliteration

vidyāyāḥ sādhanaṃ cakre siddhiṃ sūryādavāptavān | bālādityeti tenāsau tataḥ khyātimagātprabhuḥ

Translation

Er vollzog die Sādhana jener Vidyā und erlangte die Vollendung (Siddhi) durch die Sonne. Darum wurde jener Herr unter dem Namen „Bālāditya“ berühmt.

Word by Word

• विद्यायाः: of Vidyā
• विद्यायाः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• साधनम्: means; practice; accomplishment-method
• साधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• चक्रे: did; performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सिद्धिम्: success; attainment; siddhi
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• सूर्यात्: from the Sun
• सूर्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• अवाप्तवान्: (he) obtained
• अवाप्तवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle) प्रयुक्तः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बालादित्य: Bālāditya (young Sun)
• बालादित्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (नामरूपेण); समासः—कर्मधारय (बालः आदित्यः)

• इति: thus; as (named)
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देश/उद्धरणार्थक

• तेन: by that; therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• असौ: that person; he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter; from that
• ततः: Hetu/Source adverbial (reason/from then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• ख्यातिम्: fame; renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• अगात्: went; attained
• अगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभुः: the lord; the master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālārka/Bālāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhaka completes vidyā-sādhana before a radiant youthful Sun-form; the solar orb crowns the shrine, with golden rays touching the devotee’s head as siddhi is conferred; attendants and lotuses suggest purity and awakening.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Vidyā-sādhana
• Siddhi
• Bālāditya
• Bālārka/Bālāditya tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused sādhana aligned with a deity yields siddhi; the tīrtha’s very name preserves that spiritual history for pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bālāditya/Bālārka in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for Sun-related spiritual accomplishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidyā-sādhana (disciplined spiritual practice) connected with Sūrya-upāsanā is implied as the efficacious method.