Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

शतपत्रस्रजा देवि सूर्यसालोक्यतां व्रजेत् । बकपुष्पैर्महादेवि दारिद्यं नैव जायते

Transliteration

śatapatrasrajā devi sūryasālokyatāṃ vrajet | bakapuṣpairmahādevi dāridyaṃ naiva jāyate

Translation

Ô Déesse, celui qui porte une guirlande de śatapatra (fleurs aux cent pétales) atteint le monde de Sūrya (sālokya). Avec les fleurs de baka, ô Grande Déesse, la pauvreté ne naît jamais.

Word by Word

• शतपत्र-स्रजा: with a garland of hundred-petalled (flowers)
• शतपत्र-स्रजा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + स्रज्/स्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शतपत्रस्य स्रजा)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सूर्य-सालोक्यताम्: the state of sharing the Sun’s world (salokya)
• सूर्य-सालोक्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सालोक्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य सालोक्यता)

• व्रजेत्: would attain/go to
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बक-पुष्पैः: with baka-flowers
• बक-पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बक (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बकस्य पुष्पाणि)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दारिद्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand garland of hundred-petalled flowers is lifted toward a blazing yet serene Sūrya; a second offering of baka flowers is placed, while the devotee is shown bathed in golden light, hinting at ascent to Sūrya’s loka and freedom from poverty.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Śatapatra
• Baka flowers
• Devī (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion can yield both transcendent reward (sālokya) and practical stability (freedom from poverty).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Arkasthala-oriented worship setting in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a śatapatra garland for Sūrya-sālokya; offer baka flowers to prevent poverty.