Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

विद्यायाः साधनं चक्रे सिद्धिं सूर्यादवाप्तवान् । बालादित्येति तेनासौ ततः ख्यातिमगात्प्रभुः

Transliteration

vidyāyāḥ sādhanaṃ cakre siddhiṃ sūryādavāptavān | bālādityeti tenāsau tataḥ khyātimagātprabhuḥ

Translation

Il entreprit la sādhana de cette vidyā et obtint l’accomplissement par le Soleil. Ainsi, ce Seigneur devint célèbre sous le nom de « Bālāditya ».

Word by Word

• विद्यायाः: of Vidyā
• विद्यायाः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• साधनम्: means; practice; accomplishment-method
• साधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• चक्रे: did; performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सिद्धिम्: success; attainment; siddhi
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• सूर्यात्: from the Sun
• सूर्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• अवाप्तवान्: (he) obtained
• अवाप्तवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle) प्रयुक्तः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बालादित्य: Bālāditya (young Sun)
• बालादित्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (नामरूपेण); समासः—कर्मधारय (बालः आदित्यः)

• इति: thus; as (named)
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देश/उद्धरणार्थक

• तेन: by that; therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• असौ: that person; he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter; from that
• ततः: Hetu/Source adverbial (reason/from then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• ख्यातिम्: fame; renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• अगात्: went; attained
• अगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभुः: the lord; the master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālārka/Bālāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhaka completes vidyā-sādhana before a radiant youthful Sun-form; the solar orb crowns the shrine, with golden rays touching the devotee’s head as siddhi is conferred; attendants and lotuses suggest purity and awakening.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Vidyā-sādhana
• Siddhi
• Bālāditya
• Bālārka/Bālāditya tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused sādhana aligned with a deity yields siddhi; the tīrtha’s very name preserves that spiritual history for pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bālāditya/Bālārka in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for Sun-related spiritual accomplishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidyā-sādhana (disciplined spiritual practice) connected with Sūrya-upāsanā is implied as the efficacious method.