Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 178

Devanagari script

अमृतमयेन रसेन समं विबुधपितॄनपि तर्प्पयसे । अरिगणसूदन तेन तव प्रणतिमुपेत्य लिखामि वपुः

Transliteration

amṛtamayena rasena samaṃ vibudhapitṝnapi tarppayase | arigaṇasūdana tena tava praṇatimupetya likhāmi vapuḥ

Translation

With your nectar-like essence you satisfy alike even the gods and the ancestors. O slayer of hostile hosts, therefore approaching with reverence to you, I offer this hymn from my very being.

Word by Word

• अमृत: nectar/immortality
• अमृत: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• मयेन: with nectar-like
• मयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः: अमृत-मयेन (तत्पुरुष)

• रसेन: by/with (your) essence/juice
• रसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विबुध: gods
• विबुध: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासाङ्ग

• पितॄन्: gods and ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः: विबुध-पितॄन् (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• तर्प्पयसे: you satisfy/refresh
• तर्प्पयसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (causative sense: तर्पय-)

• अरिगणसूदन: O slayer of hosts of enemies
• अरिगणसूदन: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः: अरि-गण-सूदन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रणतिम्: bow/salutation
• प्रणतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उपेत्य: having approached/undertaken
• उपेत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• लिखामि: I write/inscribe
• लिखामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वपुः: body/form
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified within snippet (voice of the hymnist within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, hands folded, offers a hymn as if offering his own body; behind him the radiant disk of Ravi pours nectar-like rays that reach both devas in the sky and pitṛs in subtle ancestral realms, signifying universal tarpana.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Devas (Vibudhas)
• Pitṛs (Ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya is the life-essence that sustains both divine and ancestral realms; reverent praise aligns the devotee with that sustaining power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, implying special merit for Sūrya worship and ancestral satisfaction within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpana is implied through “tarppayase” (satisfying gods and pitṛs), suggesting Sūrya-related offerings/oblations as spiritually efficacious.