Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

इति स्तुतस्तदा सूर्यः प्रसन्नेनांतरात्मना । उवाच दर्शनं गत्वा सांबं जांबवतीसुतम्

Transliteration

iti stutastadā sūryaḥ prasannenāṃtarātmanā | uvāca darśanaṃ gatvā sāṃbaṃ jāṃbavatīsutam

Translation

Ainsi loué, Sūrya—réjoui au plus profond de son être—apparut en vision et s’adressa à Sāmba, fils de Jāmbavatī.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle; thus)

• stutaḥ: praised
• stutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (धातु) → stuta (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण; then)

• sūryaḥ: the Sun (god)
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prasannena: with a pleased (state)
• prasannena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• antarātmanā: with (his) inner self
• antarātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरात्मन्’ = inner self/mind

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• darśanam: a sight/appearance; audience
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gam (धातु) → gatvā (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having gone)

• sāmbam: Sāmba
• sāmbam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmba (प्रातिपदिक; संज्ञा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• jāṃbavatīsutam: the son of Jāmbavatī
• jāṃbavatīsutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāṃbavatī + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jāṃbavatīyāḥ sutaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified within snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the hymn, Sūrya manifests in a radiant vision, his presence filling the sky; Sāmba, son of Jāmbavatī, stands humbled as the deity begins to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Sāmba
• Jāmbavatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise culminates in divine grace—darśana and direct guidance from the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the sacred setting where the stuti bears fruit as Sūrya’s darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is stotra and devotion leading to darśana; no separate injunction is specified.