Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

आदित्यभास्कर रवे भानो स्वयं दिवाकर । प्रभाकर नमस्तुभ्यं ससारान्मां समुद्धर

Transliteration

ādityabhāskara rave bhāno svayaṃ divākara | prabhākara namastubhyaṃ sasārānmāṃ samuddhara

Translation

Ô Āditya, Bhāskara, Ravi, Bhānu — toi qui es vraiment Divākara, le faiseur du jour — ô Prabhākara, salutations à Toi ; relève-moi du courant errant de ce saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• āditya-bhāskara: O Sun, the Aditya-sun
• āditya-bhāskara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (ādityaḥ eva bhāskaraḥ)

• rave: O Ravi (Sun)
• rave: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• bhāno: O Bhānu (radiant one)
• bhāno: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• svayam: by oneself; oneself
• svayam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वरूपेण/स्वतः (indeclinable adverb)

• divākara: O maker of the day (Sun)
• divākara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• prabhākara: O maker of light
• prabhākara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana/Discourse (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः (salutatory particle)

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीयपुरुष; चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• sa-sārāt: from (this) world/existence (together with its essence)
• sa-sārāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘स-’ = सहित (with)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष; द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• samuddhara: lift up; rescue
• samuddhara: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; सम्+उद् उपसर्गयुक्तः

Speaker

Prayer of the worshipper (as recited within Sūta’s narration; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with folded hands faces a radiant Sūrya icon/mandala, uttering multiple epithets; the background suggests dawn light over the Prabhāsa coast, with homa smoke faintly rising and a shrine silhouette nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Bhāskara
• Ravi
• Bhānu
• Divākara
• Prabhākara
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is invoked not only as physical light but as liberating wisdom—divine radiance is sought to transcend saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prayer is situated within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s Āditya worship sequence connected to Kapileśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite Sūrya’s epithets as a stotra/prayer during worship, explicitly asking for deliverance from saṃsāra.