Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

अगस्तिकुसुमैस्तद्वदानुकूल्यं प्रयच्छ ति । करवीरैस्तु देवेशि सूर्यस्यानुचरो भवेत्

Transliteration

agastikusumaistadvadānukūlyaṃ prayaccha ti | karavīraistu deveśi sūryasyānucaro bhavet

Translation

അതുപോലെ അഗസ്തിപുഷ്പങ്ങളാൽ പൂജിച്ചാൽ സൂര്യൻ അനുകൂലതയും സഹായവും നൽകുന്നു. ദേവേശീ, കരവീരപുഷ്പങ്ങളാൽ അർച്ചിച്ചാൽ ഭക്തൻ സൂര്യന്റെ അനുചരനാകും.

Word by Word

• अगस्ति-कुसुमैः: with agasti-flowers
• अगस्ति-कुसुमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अगस्तेः कुसुमानि)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निबद्ध)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'likewise/in the same way')

• आनुकूल्यम्: favor, propitiousness
• आनुकूल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनुकूल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रयच्छति: grants, bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• करवीरैः: with karavīra-flowers (oleander)
• करवीरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• देवेशि: O goddess, lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनुचरः: attendant, follower
• अनुचरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers pale agasti blossoms and then karavīra flowers to Sūrya; behind Sūrya, a stylized retinue of radiant attendants suggests the promised anucaratva (service).

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Agasti (flower)
• Karavīra
• Devī (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship culminates in ānukūlya (divine favor) and a life oriented toward service (anucaratva).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa Kṣetra context of Sun-worship described in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer agasti blossoms for divine favor; offer karavīra flowers to gain the status of Sūrya’s attendant.