Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मूर्त्तिस्थः पूज्यते येन विधानेन महेश्वरि । द्वादशात्मा यथा सूर्यस्तत्ते वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः

Transliteration

mūrttisthaḥ pūjyate yena vidhānena maheśvari | dvādaśātmā yathā sūryastatte vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ

Translation

ಹೇ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಿ! ಮೂರ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾದ ದ್ವಾದಶಾತ್ಮ ಸೂರ್ಯನನ್ನು ಯಾವ ವಿಧಾನದಿಂದ ಪೂಜಿಸಬೇಕೋ, ಅದನ್ನು ನಿನಗೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ।

Word by Word

• mūrttisthaḥ: standing in (the) image/form
• mūrttisthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मूर्तौ स्थितः)

• pūjyate: is worshipped
• pūjyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (Passive)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vidhānena: by the procedure/rite
• vidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• maheśvari: O Maheshvari
• maheśvari: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• dvādaśātmā: having twelve forms
• dvādaśātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्वादशानाम् आत्मा/स्वरूपम् यस्य)

• yathā: as, just as
• yathā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative ‘as/just as’)

• sūryaḥ: the Sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tat: that (matter)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• vakṣyāmi: I shall tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• aśeṣataḥ: completely, in full
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल् प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त-अव्यय (adverbial ‘entirely/without remainder’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Sūrya icon in a shrine, with twelve radiating petals or twelve small attendant solar forms around the central disc; the officiant prepares to explain the full procedure to Mahādevī.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Mūrti (icon)
• Dvādaśātmā (twelvefold Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The transcendent Sun can be approached through consecrated form (mūrti), and understanding his twelvefold manifestation deepens reverent worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala/Prabhāsakṣetra remains the implied ritual-geography where this Sūrya-mūrti worship is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mūrti-pūjā of Sūrya is explicitly indicated, with a promise to detail the full vidhāna and the twelvefold aspect.