Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा रुद्रश्च विष्णुश्च स्कन्दो वैश्रवणो यमः । वैद्युतो जाठरश्चाग्निरिंधनस्तेजसां पतिः

Transliteration

brahmā rudraśca viṣṇuśca skando vaiśravaṇo yamaḥ | vaidyuto jāṭharaścāgniriṃdhanastejasāṃ patiḥ

Translation

Il est Brahmā, Rudra et Viṣṇu ; il est Skanda, Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) et Yama. Il est le feu de l’éclair, le feu digestif, le feu sacré du sacrifice, le combustible même qui l’alimente, et le Seigneur de toutes les splendeurs.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक)

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वैश्रवणः: Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• वैश्रवणः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वैद्युतः: Vaidyuta (lightning-like)
• वैद्युतः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जाठरः: Jāṭhara (gastric fire)
• जाठरः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इंधनः: fuel
• इंधनः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इंधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेजसाम्: of energies / of splendors
• तेजसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• पतिः: lord
• पतिः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa / Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Central Lord as blazing jyoti; around him appear Brahmā with four faces, Rudra with trident, Viṣṇu with conch-disc, Skanda with spear, Kubera with treasure, Yama with staff; below, three fires—lightning, hearth/digestion, and altar fire—merge into one radiance; fuel transforms into light.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rudra
• Viṣṇu
• Skanda
• Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• Yama
• Agni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya is praised as the inner ruler behind creation, preservation, dissolution, and the vital fires that sustain life—inviting devotion that integrates cosmic and bodily dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya as a place suited for powerful stuti and remembrance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the context is nāma-recitation (stotra/japa) as an act of worship.