Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रणम्य चरणौ वरदस्य भक्त्या श्रुत्वा च वाग्भिरमलाभिरतंद्रिताभिः । दीप्तस्तमांसि नुदति स्वकरैर्विवस्वांस्तं शंकरं शरणदं शरणं व्रजामि

Transliteration

yasya praṇamya caraṇau varadasya bhaktyā śrutvā ca vāgbhiramalābhirataṃdritābhiḥ | dīptastamāṃsi nudati svakarairvivasvāṃstaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi

Translation

വരദാതാവായ അവന്റെ പാദങ്ങളെ ഭക്തിയോടെ നമസ്കരിക്കുകയും, നിർമ്മലവും അകലംകൂടാത്തതുമായ വാക്കുകളാൽ സ്തുതി കേൾപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്താൽ, അവൻ ദീപ്തനായി സൂര്യൻ തന്റെ കിരണങ്ങളാൽ അന്ധകാരം നീക്കുന്നതുപോലെ തമസ്സിനെ അകറ്റുന്നു—ആ ശരണദാതാവായ ശങ്കരനിൽ ഞാൻ ശരണം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√nam (नम्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'प्रणम्य' = having bowed

• caraṇau: (his) two feet
• caraṇau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• varadasya: of the boon-giver
• varadasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): 'having heard'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vāgbhiḥ: with words/speeches
• vāgbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• amalābhiḥ: pure
• amalābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of vāgbhiḥ)

• ataṃdritābhiḥ: untiring, unwearied
• ataṃdritābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ataṃdrita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of vāgbhiḥ)

• dīptaḥ: shining, blazing
• dīptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīpta (कृदन्त; √dīp (दीप्) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण (past participle)

• tamāṃsi: darknesses
• tamāṃsi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• nudati: drives away
• nudati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nud (नुद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sva-karaiḥ: with his own rays/hands
• sva-karaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): 'स्वस्य करैः'

• vivasvān: the Sun
• vivasvān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śaṃkaram: Śaṅkara
• śaṃkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śaraṇa-dam: giver of refuge
• śaraṇa-dam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक; √dā (दा))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vrajāmi: I go (for refuge)
• vrajāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (व्रज्)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Dhruva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bows at Śiva’s boon-giving feet; luminous rays emanate like the sun, pushing away darkness; the air is filled with pure hymns, steady and tireless.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Vivasvān (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional surrender and pure praise of Śiva dispel inner darkness (ignorance) as surely as the sun dispels night.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The stotra is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, supporting Prabhāsa as a place of purification through Śiva-bhakti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing to Śiva’s feet) and stotra-śravaṇa/pāṭha (hearing/reciting pure hymns).