Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

आरूढे ब्राह्मणे ब्रूयाद्भास्करः प्रीयतामिति । स याति शांकरं लोकं सर्वपापविवर्जितः

Transliteration

ārūḍhe brāhmaṇe brūyādbhāskaraḥ prīyatāmiti | sa yāti śāṃkaraṃ lokaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ

Translation

Quand le brāhmane est monté, qu’on dise : « Que Bhāskara (le Soleil) soit satisfait ». Délivré de tout péché, il atteint le monde de Śaṅkara.

Word by Word

• आरूढे: when (he) has mounted
• आरूढे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-रूढ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आ-√रुह् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• ब्राह्मणे: (when) the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (with आरूढे)

• ब्रूयात्: should say
• ब्रूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भास्करः: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रीयताम्: may (he) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive/benedictive: may (he) be pleased)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणबोधक (quotative)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शांकरम्: Śaṅkara’s (Shiva’s)
• शांकरम्: Karma (Goal object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शांकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (लोकम्)

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वपापविवर्जितः: free from all sins
• सर्वपापविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप + वि-वर्जित (कृदन्त; √वृज्/√वर्ज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः पापैः विवर्जितः = free from all sins)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, phala-śruti style statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As the brāhmaṇa sits mounted on the horse, the donor raises hands in proclamation ‘Bhāskaraḥ prīyatām’; sunlight streams down, and a luminous path toward Śiva’s realm is suggested; the donor appears purified.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere invocation and correct ritual speech (mantra-like praise) seals the rite and yields purification and higher spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas as taught in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Uttering the formula ‘bhāskaraḥ prīyatām’ at the specified moment of the rite.