Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा सहस्रांशुस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत

Transliteration

evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustatraivāṃtaradhīyata

Translation

Having spoken thus, Sahasrāṃśu—the thousand-rayed Sun—vanished there itself.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• सहस्रांशुः: the thousand-rayed one (Sun)
• सहस्रांशुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (सहस्राः अंशवः यस्य)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, right
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared, vanished
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (within the Śiva–Pārvatī dialogue context of this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandāditya/Prabhāsa Sūrya-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sahasrāṃśu, after speaking, dissolves into light at the very spot—rays retracting into a radiant point above the tīrtha waters.

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrāṃśu (Sūrya)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Nandāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is real yet subtle—Sūrya reveals himself to affirm dharma and then withdraws, leaving the tīrtha’s sanctity established.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Nandāditya māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it marks the conclusion of Sūrya’s instruction and epiphany.