Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सर्वमंगलमांगल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । दुर्वासादित्यनामानं सूर्यं को नु न पूजयेत्

Transliteration

sarvamaṃgalamāṃgalyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | durvāsādityanāmānaṃ sūryaṃ ko nu na pūjayet

Translation

The Sun who bears the name Durvāsāditya is the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious and the destroyer of every sin—who indeed would not worship that Sun?

Word by Word

• सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यम्: most auspicious among all auspicious things
• सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + माङ्गल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—सर्वेषां मङ्गलानां माङ्गल्यम् (the auspiciousness of all auspicious things)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनम् (destroyer of all sins)

• दुर्वासादित्यनामानम्: named ‘Durvāsā-Āditya’
• दुर्वासादित्यनामानम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—दुर्वासा-आदित्ययोः नाम (named 'Durvāsā-Āditya')

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• नु: indeed/then
• नु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle), प्रश्न/अनुनयार्थ (interrogative/emphatic)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थ अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durvāsāditya-nāman Sūrya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sun-deity titled Durvāsāditya fills the sky with auspicious light; below, diverse pilgrims—householder, ascetic, penitent—offer namaskāra, suggesting ‘who would not worship?’

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsāditya
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text frames Sūrya worship—especially as Durvāsāditya—as universally auspicious and spiritually purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Durvāsāditya’s sacred seat within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct exhortation to worship Sūrya (Durvāsāditya), emphasizing its sin-destroying merit.