Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

हंसः शुचिषदिति वा अपराह्णे सदार्चयेत् । एवं भानुं ग्रहैः सार्द्ध पूजयेद्वरवर्णिनि

Transliteration

haṃsaḥ śuciṣaditi vā aparāhṇe sadārcayet | evaṃ bhānuṃ grahaiḥ sārddha pūjayedvaravarṇini

Translation

അപരാഹ്നത്തിൽ ‘ഹംസഃ ശുചിഷത്…’ എന്ന മന്ത്രത്തോടെ നിത്യവും അർച്ചന ചെയ്യണം. ഹേ സുന്ദരവർണിനീ, ഗ്രഹങ്ങളോടുകൂടെ ഭാനു (സൂര്യൻ)നെ ഇങ്ങനെ പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• haṃsaḥ: Haṃsa (as a name/epithet)
• haṃsaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śuciṣat: Śuciṣad (epithet)
• śuciṣat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuciṣad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नाम (epithet)

• iti: thus/“as”
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• aparāhṇe: in the afternoon
• aparāhṇe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक) + ahan/ahna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'always')

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• evam: thus/in this way
• evam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• bhānum: the Sun (Bhānu)
• bhānum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• grahaiḥ: with the planets
• grahaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition/adverb: 'together with')

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vara-varṇini: O fair-complexioned one
• vara-varṇini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (varaḥ varṇaḥ yasyāḥ sā)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Arka-sthala within/near the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (fair-complexioned lady addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred shore, in the warm afternoon light, a devotee performs Sūrya-pūjā facing the sun, with a small altar bearing a lotus, water-vessel for arghya, and a circular arrangement of the Navagrahas around a radiant solar disc.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sun)
• Grahāḥ (planets)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship aligns personal life with cosmic rhythms—honoring the Sun along with the grahas acknowledges dharma as harmony with time and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra as a sacred setting for Sūrya and Navagraha worship integrated into daily pilgrimage discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Afternoon worship using “haṃsaḥ śuciṣat…”, and worship of the Sun together with the planets (grahas).