Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ऋषिभिर्नारदाद्यैस्तास्तथा क्षेत्रनिवासिभिः । तं प्रतिष्ठापयामासुः प्रतिष्ठाविधिना रविम्

Transliteration

ṛṣibhirnāradādyaistāstathā kṣetranivāsibhiḥ | taṃ pratiṣṭhāpayāmāsuḥ pratiṣṭhāvidhinā ravim

Translation

നാരദാദി ഋഷികളോടും ക്ഷേത്രനിവാസികളോടും കൂടി അവർ പ്രതിഷ്ഠാവിധിപ്രകാരം ആ രവി (സൂര്യദേവൻ)നെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ऋषिभिः: by the sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• नारदाद्यैः: by Nārada and others
• नारदाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + आदि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; ‘नारद-आदि’ = Nārada and others

• ताः: they (those women)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable; adverb of manner ‘likewise/so’

• क्षेत्रनिवासिभिः: by the residents of the kṣetra
• क्षेत्रनिवासिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; ‘क्षेत्र-निवासिन्’ = residents of the sacred place

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• प्रतिष्ठापयामासुः: they established
• प्रतिष्ठापयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Plural; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• प्रतिष्ठाविधिना: by the installation rite
• प्रतिष्ठाविधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा + विधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; ‘प्रतिष्ठा-विधि’ = rite/procedure of installation

• रविम्: the Sun (Ravi)
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: narration to Devī within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravi-pratiṣṭhā at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal consecration: Nārada and other ṛṣis with matted hair and vīṇā, priests chanting, locals gathered; the Sūrya icon is installed with ritual vessels, fire, and mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ṛṣi
• Kṣetranivāsin
• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts gain strength when performed with scriptural procedure and the blessing of realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Sun is ritually installed with the participation of sages and local devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā-vidhi—formal consecration of a deity image, here Sūrya (Ravi).