Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अदृश्रमस्य चैतेन सूर्यं देवि समर्च्चयेत् । तरणिर्विश्वदर्शेति अनेन सततं जपम्

Transliteration

adṛśramasya caitena sūryaṃ devi samarccayet | taraṇirviśvadarśeti anena satataṃ japam

Translation

Et par le mantra qui commence « adṛśram asya… », ô Déesse, qu’on adore Sūrya comme il se doit. Par le mantra qui commence « taraṇir viśvadarśī… », qu’on maintienne un japa ininterrompu.

Word by Word

• अदृश्रमस्य: of “adṛśrama” (mantra word)
• अदृश्रमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदृश्रम (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्रपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (genitive singular as cited)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)

• एतेन: with this
• एतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• समर्च्चयेत्: should worship duly
• समर्च्चयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√अर्च् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त; उपसर्ग सम्-

• तरणिः: “taraṇiḥ” (the crosser; Sun epithet)
• तरणिः: Sambandha (Cited epithet/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (cited epithet)

• विश्वदर्श: “viśvadarśa” (all-seeing)
• विश्वदर्श: Sambandha (Cited epithet/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वदर्श (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्रपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (cited epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverbial use: constantly)

• जपम्: repetition, japa
• जपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī addressed as “devī”

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim seated in meditation near Prabhāsa waters, rosary in hand, the sun overhead depicted as an all-seeing orb with subtle eye-like motifs; earlier offerings lie arranged, indicating arcana completed and japa continuing.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady japa and correct worship discipline the mind and align devotion with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, the sacred Prabhāsa region celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sūrya-arcana with “adṛśram asya…” and constant japa with “taraṇir viśvadarśī…”.