Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

योगेयोगेति मन्त्रेण मुक्तपुष्पांजलिं क्षिपेत् । समुद्रागच्छ यत्प्रोक्तमनेन स्नापयेद्रविम्

Transliteration

yogeyogeti mantreṇa muktapuṣpāṃjaliṃ kṣipet | samudrāgaccha yatproktamanena snāpayedravim

Translation

With the mantra “yoge yoge…”, one should cast an offering of handfuls of loose flowers. With the words taught as “samudrāgaccha…”, one should bathe Ravi (the Sun).

Word by Word

• योगेयोगेति: “yoge yoge” (as the mantra)
• योगेयोगेति: Sambandha (Quotation marker context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: योगे योगे (मन्त्र-पद/उद्धृत-शब्द)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहितं मन्त्र-उद्धरणम् (reduplicated phrase)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुक्तपुष्पाञ्जलिम्: a handful (añjali) of loose flowers
• मुक्तपुष्पाञ्जलिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्त + पुष्प + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—मुक्तानि पुष्पाणि यस्मिन् सः अञ्जलिः (तत्पुरुष)

• क्षिपेत्: should throw/cast
• क्षिपेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• समुद्र: O ocean
• समुद्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मन्त्र-सम्बोधन

• आगच्छ: come
• आगच्छ: Kriya (Command within mantra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• प्रोक्तम्: said, uttered
• प्रोक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of यत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this (mantra)
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (cause to be bathed)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• रविम्: the Sun (image/deity)
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-arcana locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a seaside shrine, devotees toss loose flowers in reverent handfuls; then a priest performs Sūryābhiṣeka, pouring water while invoking the ocean, with the sea visible beyond temple steps.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional offerings (flowers) and purifying abhiṣeka together constitute complete reverence to the Sun.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where bathing and worship of Sūrya is presented as dharmic practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer puṣpāñjali with ‘yoge yoge…’ and perform Sūrya-snāpana with ‘samudrāgaccha…’.