Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

रोहिके तु कुमाराख्यं पद्मायां पद्मसंभवम् । धर्मादित्यं तु लाटायां मर्द्दके स्थविरं विदुः

Transliteration

rohike tu kumārākhyaṃ padmāyāṃ padmasaṃbhavam | dharmādityaṃ tu lāṭāyāṃ marddake sthaviraṃ viduḥ

Translation

രോഹികയിൽ അദ്ദേഹം “കുമാരാഖ്യൻ”; പദ്മയിൽ “പദ്മസംഭവൻ”; ലാടയിൽ “ധർമാദിത്യൻ”; മർദ്ദകയിൽ “സ്ഥവിരൻ” എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• रोहिके: in Rohika
• रोहिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular; place-name)

• तु: but/and then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle)

• कुमाराख्यम्: named ‘Kumāra’
• कुमाराख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुमार + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neut., Nom./Acc., Sg.); समासः कुमारस्य आख्यं (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• पद्मायाम्: in Padmā
• पद्मायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular; place-name)

• पद्मसंभवम्: Padmasaṃbhava (lotus-born; name)
• पद्मसंभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom./Acc., Sg.); समासः पद्मात् सम्भवः (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः)

• धर्मादित्यम्: Dharmāditya (name/epithet)
• धर्मादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom./Acc., Sg.); समासः धर्मस्य आदित्यः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• तु: but/and then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle)

• लाटायाम्: in Lāṭā
• लाटायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular; region-name)

• मर्द्दके: in Marddaka
• मर्द्दके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्द्दक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular; place-name)

• स्थविरम्: Sthavira (the elder; name/epithet)
• स्थविरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थविर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom./Acc., Sg.)

• विदुः: they know/they call (as)
• विदुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्ण/परोक्ष भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person plural, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rohika (Kumārākhya); Padmā (Padmasaṃbhava); Lāṭā (Dharmāditya); Marddaka (Sthavira)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four depictions of Sūrya: as a youthful deity (Kumārākhya) at Rohika; emerging from a lotus motif at Padmā; holding a dharma-wheel or scriptures as Dharmāditya in Lāṭā; and as venerable, white-bearded symbolic ‘ancient’ radiance as Sthavira at Marddaka, with pilgrims in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Rohika
• Kumārākhya
• Padmā
• Padmasaṃbhava
• Lāṭā
• Dharmāditya
• Marddaka
• Sthavira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya is both ever-youthful and most ancient; dharma is sustained by honoring him across tīrthas and traditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rohika, Padmā, Lāṭā, and Marddaka are named as places where Sūrya is revered under specific epithets.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears; it is a doctrinal-geographical listing.