Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सूर्य उवाच । नीरोगस्त्वं महाराज सद्य एव भविष्यसि । अत्र ये मां समागत्य द्रक्ष्यंति च नरा भुवि

Transliteration

sūrya uvāca | nīrogastvaṃ mahārāja sadya eva bhaviṣyasi | atra ye māṃ samāgatya drakṣyaṃti ca narā bhuvi

Translation

Sūrya dit : Ô grand roi, dès ce jour même tu seras délivré de la maladie. Et les hommes sur la terre qui viendront ici et me verront…

Word by Word

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नीरोगः: free from disease
• नीरोगः: Visheshya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्/निर्-तत्पुरुष (रोगरहितः); विशेषण (त्वम्)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् राजा)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समागत्य: having come, after coming
• समागत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• द्रक्ष्यन्ति: will see
• द्रक्ष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

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

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya — explicitly stated

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandāditya (Sūrya-tīrtha) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa tīrtha, the radiant Sun-god addresses a king, promising immediate freedom from disease; pilgrims approach for darśana under a blazing yet benevolent solar aura.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Mahārāja (Nanda)
• Prabhāsa (implied ‘atra’/here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana and devotion yield tangible compassion—health and blessings—especially in a sanctified tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, indicated by ‘atra’ (here), as a place where seeing Sūrya grants benefits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana at the sacred site—coming to the place and beholding Sūrya as an act of pilgrimage devotion.