Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

विकर्तनो विवस्वांश्च मार्तण्डो भास्करो रविः । लोकप्रकाशकः श्रीमांल्लोकचक्षुर्ग्रहेश्वरः

Transliteration

vikartano vivasvāṃśca mārtaṇḍo bhāskaro raviḥ | lokaprakāśakaḥ śrīmāṃllokacakṣurgraheśvaraḥ

Translation

വികർത്തനൻ, വിവസ്വാൻ, മാർത്താണ്ഡൻ, ഭാസ്കരൻ, രവി—അവൻ ലോകങ്ങളെ പ്രകാശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ, ശ്രീമാൻ, ലോകത്തിന്റെ കണ്ണ്, ഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെ അധിപൻ।

Word by Word

• विकर्तनः: Vikartana (Sun)
• विकर्तनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikartana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• विवस्वान्: Vivasvān (the radiant one)
• विवस्वान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मार्तण्डः: Mārtaṇḍa (Sun)
• मार्तण्डः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārtaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• रविः: Ravi (Sun)
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकप्रकाशकः: illuminator of the worlds
• लोकप्रकाशकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (world+illuminator)

• श्रीमान्: splendid / glorious
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• लोकचक्षुः: eye of the world
• लोकचक्षुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (world+eye)

• ग्रहेश्वरः: lord of the planets
• ग्रहेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (of planets + lord)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as ‘mahādevi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sūrya-deva enthroned in a blazing aureole, holding lotuses, casting light over the three worlds; planets arranged as a celestial retinue; devotees in añjali below.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Vikartana
• Vivasvān
• Mārtaṇḍa
• Bhāskara
• Ravi
• Grahas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing the Sun as the cosmic witness and sustainer cultivates reverence for dharma, order, and life-giving light.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Sūrya’s names and cosmic functions are praised as a source of merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use these divine epithets as part of the stava (praise-recitation) in Sūrya worship.