Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सूर्यमेवाभिपूजयेत् । जनकादयो यथा सिद्धिं गता भानुं प्रपूज्य च

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena sūryamevābhipūjayet | janakādayo yathā siddhiṃ gatā bhānuṃ prapūjya ca

Translation

C’est pourquoi, de tout son effort, qu’on n’adore que Sūrya ; de même que Janaka et d’autres atteignirent la perfection en vénérant dûment Bhānu.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अर्थे ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘अतः/इस कारण से’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘सर्वप्रयत्न’ = ‘सम्पूर्ण प्रयत्न’ (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/only)

• अभिपूजयेत्: should worship
• अभिपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘अभि-पूज्’ = ‘विशेषेण पूजयेत्’

• जनकादयः: Janaka and others
• जनकादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘जनक-आदयः’ = ‘जनक आदि (अन्ये)’

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक), ‘यथा’ = ‘जैसे/जिस प्रकार’

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, success
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गताः: having attained, went to
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Active Participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘गता’ = ‘प्राप्ताः’

• भानुम्: the Sun (Bhānu)
• भानुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रपूज्य: having worshipped
• प्रपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘प्र-पूज्य’ = ‘पूजयित्वा’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक), conjunction

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, exhortation in Prabhāsa Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-siddhi teaching)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined devotee performs Sūrya-pūjā with disciplined posture; behind, a vignette of King Janaka in royal attire also offering arghya—signifying siddhi through devotion amid duty.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Bhānu
• Janaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, wholehearted worship leads to siddhi; exemplars like Janaka are cited to anchor practice in tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya worship is urged as a principal means of merit and accomplishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription: worship Sūrya/Bhānu with full effort and reverence (abhipūjā).