Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो भानवे भर्त्रेऽब्जभौमसोमरू पिणे । एवं नत्वाऽर्चयित्वा तु इमां स्तुतिमथो पठेत्

Transliteration

oṃ namo bhānave bhartre'bjabhaumasomarū piṇe | evaṃ natvā'rcayitvā tu imāṃ stutimatho paṭhet

Translation

Om — Verehrung sei Bhānu, dem Herrn, dessen Gestalt auch der Lotosgeborene, Bhūma und Soma ist. Nachdem man so sich verneigt und verehrt hat, soll man dann diese Hymne rezitieren.

Word by Word

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Nipāta (Invocatory particle/मङ्गल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रणव/मङ्गल-उच्चारण)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक; प्रायः चतुर्थीयोग्य)

• भानवे: to the Sun
• भानवे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• भर्त्रे: to the Lord/supporter
• भर्त्रे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• अब्जभौमसोमरूपिणे: to him who has the forms of Abja, Bhauma, and Soma
• अब्जभौमसोमरूपिणे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + भौम (प्रातिपदिक) + सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अब्ज-भौम-सोम-रूपिन् = having the forms of water/lotus-born, Mars, and Moon)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• नत्वा: having bowed
• नत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अर्चयित्वा: having worshipped
• अर्चयित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + इत्वा (क्त्वान्त-रूप)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अनन्तर/पुनः particle)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (स्तुतिम्)

• स्तुतिम्: hymn/praise
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequencing/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/adverb: then)

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator prescribing worship and stuti-recitation

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-arcana context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worshipper faces the rising sun at Prabhāsa, hands folded, offering arghya; nearby a small altar with flowers and lamp; the hymn is about to be recited after bowing and worship.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sun)
• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage dharma unites devotion and procedure: salutation, worship, and praise together sanctify the rite and the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where worship and hymns are integrated into ancestor and tīrtha rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform namaskāra and arcana, then recite a stuti (hymn) as part of the prescribed sequence.