Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अवश्यं यदि दातव्यो वरो मम दिवाकर । अत्र संनिहतो देव सदा त्वं भव भास्कर

Transliteration

avaśyaṃ yadi dātavyo varo mama divākara | atra saṃnihato deva sadā tvaṃ bhava bhāskara

Translation

«ຖ້າຈະຕ້ອງປະທານພອນໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າແນ່ນອນ, ໂອ ດິວາກະຣະ; ໂອ ພຣະເທວະ, ຂໍໃຫ້ພຣະອົງສະຖິດຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້ຕະຫຼອດ—ຂໍໃຫ້ປະທັບຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້ເປັນນິດ, ໂອ ພາສະກະຣະ»।

Word by Word

• अवश्यम्: necessarily
• अवश्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avaśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Discourse connector (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/conditional particle)

• दातव्यः: to be given
• दातव्यः: Karta (Predicate complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु) → dātavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate to वरः

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: to me/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दिवाकर: O Sun (maker of day)
• दिवाकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divā (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दिवायाः करः/दिवां करोति)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• संनिहतः: present/near
• संनिहतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ni-dhā (धातु) → saṃnihita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate to त्वम्

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भास्कर: O Sun
• भास्कर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa devotee (unnamed)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Parṇāditya/Sūrya-sannidhi implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee petitions the radiant Sun-god at Prabhāsa: ‘Remain here forever.’ The landscape glows with coastal light; the deity’s aura settles into the kṣetra as a perpetual presence.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Parṇāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee seeks the sanctification of place through the deity’s constant presence, benefiting all pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific locus within Prabhāsakṣetra associated with Sūrya as Parṇāditya (the “here” of the narrative).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; it is a boon-request establishing perpetual sannidhya (divine presence) at the site.