Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

कपिलेश्वरसान्निध्ये मण्डपे होमसंस्कृते । आदित्यं पूजयेद्देवं नामभिः स्वैर्यथोदितैः

Transliteration

kapileśvarasānnidhye maṇḍape homasaṃskṛte | ādityaṃ pūjayeddevaṃ nāmabhiḥ svairyathoditaiḥ

Translation

Dans un maṇḍapa sanctifié pour le homa, en la présence même de Kapileśvara, qu’on vénère le dieu Āditya en l’invoquant par ses propres noms, tels qu’ils sont prescrits.

Word by Word

• कपिलेश्वरसान्निध्ये: in the vicinity of Kapileśvara
• कपिलेश्वरसान्निध्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिलेश्वर + सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कपिलेश्वरस्य सान्निध्यम्)

• मण्डपे: in the pavilion
• मण्डपे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• होमसंस्कृते: prepared/purified by homa (fire-rite)
• होमसंस्कृते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: होम + संस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘संस्कृत’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मण्डपे’ इति विशेषण; (होमेन संस्कृतः)

• आदित्यम्: Āditya (Sun)
• आदित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘आदित्यम्’ इति समानाधिकरण/अप्पोजिशन

• नामभिः: with names
• नामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• स्वैः: one’s own/appropriate
• स्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘नामभिः’ इति विशेषण

• यथोदितैः: as stated/mentioned
• यथोदितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा + उदित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘उदित’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘नामभिः’ इति विशेषण; अव्ययीभाव (यथा उदित = as stated)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A homa pavilion with a lit fire altar; nearby stands the Kapileśvara liṅga shrine. Priests and a devotee face a Sūrya icon, chanting divine names in orderly cadence, with offerings arranged around the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Kapileśvara
• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Maṇḍapa
• Homa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography intensifies worship: in a consecrated space near a powerful liṅga, divine names and rites become especially efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapileśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra, where Āditya worship is performed in its sanctified vicinity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Āditya in a homa-prepared maṇḍapa near Kapileśvara, using His prescribed names (nāma-stuti/nāma-japa).