Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतेति मंत्रेण दद्याद्वस्त्राणि भानवे । येन श्रियं प्रकुर्वाणः पुष्पमालां प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

bṛhaspateti maṃtreṇa dadyādvastrāṇi bhānave | yena śriyaṃ prakurvāṇaḥ puṣpamālāṃ prapūjayet

Translation

Con el mantra que comienza “bṛhaspate…”, debe ofrecerse vestiduras a Bhānu (Sūrya); y luego, buscando hacer brotar la prosperidad, debe adorársele debidamente con una guirnalda de flores.

Word by Word

• bṛhaspate: “O Bṛhaspati”
• bṛhaspate: Sambandha (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Case 8), एकवचन; मन्त्र-उद्धरण (vocative in mantra)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

• mantreṇa: with (the) mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vastrāṇi: garments, cloths
• vastrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), बहुवचन

• bhānave: to the Sun (Bhānu)
• bhānave: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Case 4), एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/करणे (by which/with which)

• śriyam: prosperity, fortune
• śriyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन

• prakurvāṇaḥ: doing, producing
• prakurvāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), परस्मैपदीय-प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन; कर्तरि (active participle)

• puṣpamālām: flower garland
• puṣpamālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpamālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; समास: puṣpa + mālā (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष: ‘garland of flowers’)

• prapūjayet: should worship (offer reverently)
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-dāna within the mahatmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents folded garments on a tray before a radiant Sūrya icon; afterward a fresh flower garland is lifted in offering; the sea breeze moves temple flags.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Bhānu
• Sūrya
• Śrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generosity and beauty in worship—offering clothing and flowers—are presented as dharmic means to cultivate śrī (auspicious prosperity).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where such offerings to Sūrya are taught as part of the local sacred observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vastra-offering (garments) to Sūrya with a “bṛhaspate…” mantra, followed by honoring with a flower garland.