Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो भानवे भर्त्रेऽब्जभौमसोमरू पिणे । एवं नत्वाऽर्चयित्वा तु इमां स्तुतिमथो पठेत्

Transliteration

oṃ namo bhānave bhartre'bjabhaumasomarū piṇe | evaṃ natvā'rcayitvā tu imāṃ stutimatho paṭhet

Translation

Om—hommage à Bhānu, le Seigneur, dont la forme est aussi le Né du Lotus, Bhūma et Soma. Après s’être ainsi prosterné et avoir adoré, qu’on récite ensuite cet hymne.

Word by Word

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Nipāta (Invocatory particle/मङ्गल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रणव/मङ्गल-उच्चारण)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक; प्रायः चतुर्थीयोग्य)

• भानवे: to the Sun
• भानवे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• भर्त्रे: to the Lord/supporter
• भर्त्रे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• अब्जभौमसोमरूपिणे: to him who has the forms of Abja, Bhauma, and Soma
• अब्जभौमसोमरूपिणे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + भौम (प्रातिपदिक) + सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अब्ज-भौम-सोम-रूपिन् = having the forms of water/lotus-born, Mars, and Moon)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• नत्वा: having bowed
• नत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अर्चयित्वा: having worshipped
• अर्चयित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + इत्वा (क्त्वान्त-रूप)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अनन्तर/पुनः particle)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (स्तुतिम्)

• स्तुतिम्: hymn/praise
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequencing/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/adverb: then)

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator prescribing worship and stuti-recitation

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-arcana context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worshipper faces the rising sun at Prabhāsa, hands folded, offering arghya; nearby a small altar with flowers and lamp; the hymn is about to be recited after bowing and worship.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sun)
• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage dharma unites devotion and procedure: salutation, worship, and praise together sanctify the rite and the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where worship and hymns are integrated into ancestor and tīrtha rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform namaskāra and arcana, then recite a stuti (hymn) as part of the prescribed sequence.