Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 175

Devanagari script

क्षणमुदयाचलभालितार्च्चिः सुरगणगीतिगरिष्ठगीतः । त्वमुत मयूखसहस्रवज्जगति विकासितपद्मनाभः

Transliteration

kṣaṇamudayācalabhālitārcciḥ suragaṇagītigariṣṭhagītaḥ | tvamuta mayūkhasahasravajjagati vikāsitapadmanābhaḥ

Translation

En un instant, ta splendeur pareille à une flamme couronne le front de la montagne d’Orient, tandis que les cohortes des dieux chantent de graves hymnes. Toi, aux mille rayons, tu éveilles le monde—comme le lotus qui s’ouvre en fleur.

Word by Word

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; कालपरिमाणवाचक (accusative used adverbially)

• udaya-acala-bhālita-arciḥ: (you) whose flame is lit by the rising mountain
• udaya-acala-bhālita-arciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaya (प्रातिपदिक) + acala (प्रातिपदिक) + bhālita (कृदन्त, √bhā/भा ‘to shine’, past passive participle) + arciṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उदयाचलेन भालिताः अर्चिषः यस्य)

• sura-gaṇa-gīti-gariṣṭha-gītaḥ: praised with the weightiest hymns of the hosts of gods
• sura-gaṇa-gīti-gariṣṭha-gītaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + gīti (प्रातिपदिक) + gariṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (कृदन्त, √gai/गै ‘to sing’, past passive participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सुरगणस्य गीतिः, तया गरिष्ठं गीतं यस्य/यः)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uta: indeed/and
• uta: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uta (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अथवा-भावक (particle: and/indeed)

• mayūkha-sahasra-vat: like (having) a thousand rays
• mayūkha-sahasra-vat: Adverbial (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mayūkha (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित-प्रत्यय, मतुप्-सदृश ‘-like’)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative adverb: ‘like’)

• jagati: in the world
• jagati: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vikāsita-padma-nābhaḥ: (you) whose navel is a blooming lotus
• vikāsita-padma-nābhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikāsita (कृदन्त, √kās/कास् with vi- ‘to open/bloom’, past passive participle) + padma (प्रातिपदिक) + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (विकासितं पद्मं नाभौ यस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified within snippet (poetic Sūrya-stuti in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sunrise-arghya locus)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sun’s first rays touch the ‘brow’ of the eastern mountain; devas sing above; below, the world-lotus opens—fields, waters, and pilgrims stirring to life.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Devas (Sura-gaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya’s rising symbolizes awakening: divine light opens the inner lotus of awareness and restores cosmic rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorified landscape is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this dawn-centered praise appears.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse supports dawn-time Sūrya remembrance and hymn-singing as devotional practice.