Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

उक्षाणं पृश्निमिति वै प्रथमा परिकीर्तिता । चत्वारि वाक्परीति वै द्वितीया परिकीर्तिता

Transliteration

ukṣāṇaṃ pṛśnimiti vai prathamā parikīrtitā | catvāri vākparīti vai dvitīyā parikīrtitā

Translation

‘ഉക്ഷാണം പൃശ്നിം’ എന്നത് ആദ്യ ഋക് ആയി പ്രസിദ്ധം. ‘ചത്വാരി വാക്പരീ’ എന്നത് രണ്ടാം ഋക് ആയി പ്രസിദ്ധം.

Word by Word

• ukṣāṇam: “ukṣāṇam”
• ukṣāṇam: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ukṣan (उक्षन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद (quoted mantra word)

• pṛśnim: “pṛśnim”
• pṛśnim: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛśni (पृश्नि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद

• iti: thus (as the words)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• prathamā: the first (ṛk/verse)
• prathamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prathamā (प्रथमा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक/संख्या-नाम

• parikīrtitā: is declared/recited as
• parikīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (परि+कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• catvāri: “four” (catvāri)
• catvāri: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catvāri (चतुर्/चत्वारि संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; संख्या-शब्द

• vāk-pari: “vākpari”
• vāk-pari: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāk (वाच् प्रातिपदिक) + pari (परि अव्यय/उपसर्ग-रूप)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास: 'वाचः परि' / 'वाक्-परि' (as a fixed mantra phrase); अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (उद्धृत-पद)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• dvitīyā: the second (ṛk/verse)
• dvitīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvitīyā (द्वितीया प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• parikīrtitā: is declared
• parikīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (परि+कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi (contextual to the surrounding instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-priest points to a manuscript or recitation list, enumerating the first and second Ṛg-verses for the rite; disciples listen attentively in a temple courtyard near the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Ravi
• Bhāskara
• Prabhāsa
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred worship is strengthened by correct mantra-order and faithful recitation as taught in the kṣetra’s ritual tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra—especially Arkasthala (the Sūrya-related sacred spot) within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It lists the first and second ṛc/mantra to be used in the Sūrya-pratimā worship sequence.