Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

प्रीत्या सांब स्य तत्रार्को जनस्यानुग्रहाय च । तत्र द्वादशभागेन मित्रो मैत्रेण चक्षुषा

Transliteration

prītyā sāṃba sya tatrārko janasyānugrahāya ca | tatra dvādaśabhāgena mitro maitreṇa cakṣuṣā

Translation

Par amour pour Sāmba — et aussi pour la grâce de tous les êtres — Arka, le Soleil, demeure en ce lieu. Là, il resplendit comme Mitra, la douzième part du Soleil, et regarde le monde d’un œil bienveillant.

Word by Word

• प्रीत्या: out of affection
• प्रीत्या: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन

• सांबस्य: of Sāmba
• सांबस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• अर्कः: Arka (the Sun)
• अर्कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जनस्य: of the people
• जनस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनुग्रहाय: for favor/grace
• अनुग्रहाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

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

• द्वादशभागेन: by a twelfth part/portion
• द्वादशभागेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशभाग (प्रातिपदिक) [द्वादश + भाग]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: द्वादश भागाः यस्य/द्वादशभागः

• मित्रः: Mitra (a solar aspect/deity)
• मित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मैत्रेण: Mitra-related
• मैत्रेण: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मैत्र’ = मित्रसम्बन्धि (as an epithet of eye/vision)

• चक्षुषा: with (his) eye/vision
• चक्षुषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃbapura (Mitra-Āditya sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya as Mitra—gentle yet radiant—casting a benevolent gaze over townspeople and pilgrims in Sāṃbapura; the light is protective rather than scorching, suggesting compassion and social concord.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Arka
• Sūrya
• Mitra
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence in a tīrtha is sustained by compassion—Sūrya remains for loka-anugraha (the world’s welfare) and blesses devotees through a gentle, friendly aspect.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a place where Sūrya manifests for the benefit of beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse supports the value of Sūrya-darśana and devotional worship at Prabhāsa.