Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

भौमशुक्रबुधेंद्वर्कबुधशुक्रमहीसुताः । गुरुमंदासुराचार्या मेषादीनामधीश्वराः

Transliteration

bhaumaśukrabudheṃdvarkabudhaśukramahīsutāḥ | gurumaṃdāsurācāryā meṣādīnāmadhīśvarāḥ

Translation

Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars; and also Jupiter, Saturn, and the preceptor of the Asuras—these are declared the presiding lords of Aries and the other zodiacal signs.

Word by Word

• भौम-शुक्र-बुध-इन्दु-अर्क-बुध-शुक्र-महीसुताः: (the planets) Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
• भौम-शुक्र-बुध-इन्दु-अर्क-बुध-शुक्र-महीसुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भौम + शुक्र + बुध + इन्दु + अर्क + बुध + शुक्र + महीसुत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (सूची: Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars)

• गुरु-मन्द-असुराचार्याः: Jupiter, Saturn, and the preceptor of the Asuras (Venus)
• गुरु-मन्द-असुराचार्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + मन्द + असुराचार्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गुरुः, मन्दः, असुराचार्यः)

• मेष-आदीनाम्: of Aries and the rest (zodiac signs)
• मेष-आदीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेष + आदि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (मेषः आदिः येषाम् = of Aries etc.)

• अधीश्वराः: are the overlords
• अधीश्वराः: Karta (Predicate/प्राधान्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (jyotiṣa-aligned framing)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial chart hovering above the coastal kṣetra: the grahas arranged with the twelve rāśis, indicating their lordship and orderly rotation over the sacred land.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Bhauma (Mars)
• Śukra (Venus)
• Budha (Mercury)
• Indu (Moon)
• Arka (Sun)
• Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)
• Śani (Saturn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames sacred geography through cosmic order—grahas and rāśis function under divine governance, aligning pilgrimage-space with dharmic cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya) in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a doctrinal listing of presiding planetary/zodiacal authorities.