Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 171

Devanagari script

विवस्वते प्रणतजनानुकम्पिने महात्मने समजवसप्तसप्तये । सतेजसे कमलकुलालिबंधवे सदा तमःपटलपटावपाटिने

Transliteration

vivasvate praṇatajanānukampine mahātmane samajavasaptasaptaye | satejase kamalakulālibaṃdhave sadā tamaḥpaṭalapaṭāvapāṭine

Translation

പ്രണതജനങ്ങളോടു കരുണ കാണിക്കുന്ന വിവസ്വാന്നു നമസ്കാരം; സമവേഗത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്ന ഏഴ് അശ്വങ്ങളാൽ യുക്തനായ മഹാത്മാവിനു നമസ്കാരം. തേജോമയനായി താമരക്കൂട്ടത്തിന്റെ മിത്രനായവനു നമസ്കാരം; സദാ അന്ധകാരത്തിന്റെ തിരശ്ശീലകൾ കീറിമാറ്റുന്നവനു നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• vivasvate: to Vivasvat (the Sun)
• vivasvate: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• praṇata-jana-anukampine: to the compassionate (one) toward the bowed people
• praṇata-jana-anukampine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praṇata (कृदन्त, √nam्/नम्) + jana (प्रातिपदिक) + anukampin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्रणतजनान् अनुकम्पते इति)

• mahātmane: to the great-souled one
• mahātmane: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• samajava-sapta-saptaye: to him whose seven (horses) are swift/even-paced
• samajava-sapta-saptaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samajava (प्रातिपदिक) + sapta (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + saptin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (समजवाः सप्त यस्य)

• sa-tejase: to the radiant one
• sa-tejase: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्गसदृश/प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (तेजस्-शब्दः), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सतेजाः = तेजस्वी)

• kamala-kula-āli-bandhave: to the friend/kinsman of the lotus-cluster and bees
• kamala-kula-āli-bandhave: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + āli (प्रातिपदिक) + bandhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कमलकुलस्य आलयः/आलिः इव, तस्य बन्धुः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• tamaḥ-paṭala-paṭa-avapāṭine: to the remover of the cloth-like veil of darkness
• tamaḥ-paṭala-paṭa-avapāṭine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tamas (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭala (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + avapāṭin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तमःपटलरूपं पटं अवपाटयति इति)

Speaker

Unspecified within snippet (stotra-verse to Sūrya in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sūrya with seven horses, approached by devotees with folded hands; lotuses open toward him; darkness depicted as torn veils receding from the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Vivasvān)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya’s grace removes inner and outer darkness; devotion (praṇāma) draws divine compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated as a sacred landscape where such Sūrya-stuti yields merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is namaskāra/stuti to Sūrya; no detailed vrata or dāna is specified.