Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 175

Devanagari script

क्षणमुदयाचलभालितार्च्चिः सुरगणगीतिगरिष्ठगीतः । त्वमुत मयूखसहस्रवज्जगति विकासितपद्मनाभः

Transliteration

kṣaṇamudayācalabhālitārcciḥ suragaṇagītigariṣṭhagītaḥ | tvamuta mayūkhasahasravajjagati vikāsitapadmanābhaḥ

Translation

ക്ഷണമാത്രത്തിൽ നിന്റെ ജ്വാലാമയ പ്രഭ ഉദയാചലത്തിന്റെ ലലാടത്തെ അലങ്കരിക്കുന്നു; ദേവഗണങ്ങൾ ഗൗരവമുള്ള സ്തോത്രഗാനം പാടുന്നു. സഹസ്ര കിരണങ്ങളാൽ നീ ജഗത്തെ ഉണർത്തുന്നു—പദ്മം വിരിയുന്നതുപോലെ.

Word by Word

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; कालपरिमाणवाचक (accusative used adverbially)

• udaya-acala-bhālita-arciḥ: (you) whose flame is lit by the rising mountain
• udaya-acala-bhālita-arciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaya (प्रातिपदिक) + acala (प्रातिपदिक) + bhālita (कृदन्त, √bhā/भा ‘to shine’, past passive participle) + arciṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उदयाचलेन भालिताः अर्चिषः यस्य)

• sura-gaṇa-gīti-gariṣṭha-gītaḥ: praised with the weightiest hymns of the hosts of gods
• sura-gaṇa-gīti-gariṣṭha-gītaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + gīti (प्रातिपदिक) + gariṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (कृदन्त, √gai/गै ‘to sing’, past passive participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सुरगणस्य गीतिः, तया गरिष्ठं गीतं यस्य/यः)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uta: indeed/and
• uta: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uta (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अथवा-भावक (particle: and/indeed)

• mayūkha-sahasra-vat: like (having) a thousand rays
• mayūkha-sahasra-vat: Adverbial (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mayūkha (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित-प्रत्यय, मतुप्-सदृश ‘-like’)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative adverb: ‘like’)

• jagati: in the world
• jagati: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vikāsita-padma-nābhaḥ: (you) whose navel is a blooming lotus
• vikāsita-padma-nābhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikāsita (कृदन्त, √kās/कास् with vi- ‘to open/bloom’, past passive participle) + padma (प्रातिपदिक) + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (विकासितं पद्मं नाभौ यस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified within snippet (poetic Sūrya-stuti in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sunrise-arghya locus)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sun’s first rays touch the ‘brow’ of the eastern mountain; devas sing above; below, the world-lotus opens—fields, waters, and pilgrims stirring to life.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Devas (Sura-gaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya’s rising symbolizes awakening: divine light opens the inner lotus of awareness and restores cosmic rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorified landscape is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this dawn-centered praise appears.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse supports dawn-time Sūrya remembrance and hymn-singing as devotional practice.