Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

षष्ठे सोमस्य वारे तु सुरूपं नाम पूजयेत् । कर्पूरं प्राशयेत्तत्र भक्त्या परमया युतः

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhe somasya vāre tu surūpaṃ nāma pūjayet | karpūraṃ prāśayettatra bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ

Translation

Le sixième lundi, qu’on vénère la forme nommée Surūpa. Là, animé d’une dévotion suprême, qu’on prenne du camphre.

Word by Word

• ṣaṣṭhe: on the sixth (day)
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/Time-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; काल-निर्देशे विशेषणम् (on the sixth [day])

• somasya: of Soma; of Monday
• somasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• vāre: on the weekday
• vāre: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; कालनिर्देशः

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे

• surūpam: Surūpa (name/title)
• surūpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सु + रूप)

• nāma: named; by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/शब्द)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नाम-शब्दः (quotative/marker of name)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• karpūram: camphor
• karpūram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karpūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• prāśayet: should eat/consume (offer to eat)
• prāśayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense not intended here (simple ‘make eat/consume’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देश/प्रसङ्ग-निर्देशक अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• paramayā: supreme; utmost
• paramayā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; ‘भक्त्या’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yutaḥ: endowed (with)
• yutaḥ: Karta (Implied doer/agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (past participle), ‘युक्तः’ = endowed/associated

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene shrine scene: deity/form 'Surūpa' represented as a radiant, well-proportioned icon; devotee performs camphor ārati; faint white camphor flame and fragrant smoke curl upward.

Characters & Entities

• Surūpa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner bhakti is presented as the decisive element; named forms of the Lord are approached through disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship the deity/form called Surūpa on the sixth Monday and partake of camphor with supreme devotion.