Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तर्पयित्वा ततः सूर्यं धूपमाल्यविलेपनैः । वेदोक्तैः स्तवनैः सूक्तैर्दिवारात्रं समाहितः

Transliteration

tarpayitvā tataḥ sūryaṃ dhūpamālyavilepanaiḥ | vedoktaiḥ stavanaiḥ sūktairdivārātraṃ samāhitaḥ

Translation

Puis, après avoir dûment satisfait Sūrya par des offrandes—encens, guirlandes et onguents—il demeura, jour et nuit, absorbé, le louant par des hymnes et des sūkta consacrés par les Veda.

Word by Word

• tarpayitvā: having propitiated
• tarpayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tṛp (धातु) (कारणि/णिच्) → tarpay (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having satisfied/propitiated

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = then

• sūryam: the Sun
• sūryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन = accusative singular

• dhūpa-mālya-vilepanaiḥ: with incense, garlands, and unguents
• dhūpa-mālya-vilepanaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mālya (प्रातिपदिक) + vilepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व = instrumental plural ‘with incense, garlands, and unguents’

• vedoktaiḥ: Veda-prescribed
• vedoktaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष = instrumental plural ‘prescribed in the Veda’ (qualifies stavanaiḥ/sūktaiḥ)

• stavanaiḥ: with hymns of praise
• stavanaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन = instrumental plural

• sūktaiḥ: with sacred verses
• sūktaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūkta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन = instrumental plural

• divā-rātram: day and night
• divā-rātram: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/द्वन्द्ववत् अव्ययप्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग द्वितीया एकवचन रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण = ‘day and night’ (continuously)

• samāhitaḥ: concentrated; collected (in mind)
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) + samāhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन = composed; concentrated

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; context within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic offers incense, garlands, and sandal/unguents to the solar deity, then keeps an all-day-and-night vigil, chanting Vedic hymns with unwavering focus.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, Veda-aligned devotion—expressed through worship and hymnody—leads to divine grace and inner concentration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpana/propitiation of Sūrya along with offerings of incense, garlands, and unguents, accompanied by Vedic praises and sūktas.