Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

आदित्यं स्थापयित्वा तु पश्चादङ्गानि विन्यसेत्

Transliteration

ādityaṃ sthāpayitvā tu paścādaṅgāni vinyaset

Translation

Après avoir d’abord établi Āditya, qu’on procède ensuite à la pose rituelle (nyāsa) des membres, l’aṅga-nyāsa, selon l’ordre prescrit.

Word by Word

• आदित्यम्: the Sun (Āditya)
• आदित्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्थापयित्वा: having established
• स्थापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund, क्त्वा), अव्यय; धातु: स्था, णिच् (causative)

• तु: then / but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb), अव्यय

• अङ्गानि: limbs / parts
• अङ्गानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• विन्यसेत्: should place/arrange
• विन्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: वि

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āditya is already enthroned in the ritual center; the practitioner begins aṅga-nyāsa, touching limbs in sequence while facing the altar/yantra.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Begin worship with proper installation of the deity, then sanctify oneself through ordered nyāsa—outer ritual supporting inner steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region, traditionally associated with Somnātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Āditya-sthāpana (establishing the Sun) followed by aṅga-nyāsa (placing mantras on the limbs).