Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं देवि सूर्यमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । सविस्तरं मया ख्यातं किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि

Transliteration

etatte kathitaṃ devi sūryamāhātmyamuttamam | savistaraṃ mayā khyātaṃ kimanyatparipṛcchasi

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ! സൂര്യന്റെ ഈ ഉത്തമ മഹാത്മ്യം നിന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞു. ഞാൻ വിശദമായി വിവരിച്ചു—ഇനി നീ മറ്റെന്താണ് ചോദിക്കുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നത്?

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; ‘तव/तुभ्यम्’

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थं ‘कथितम्’ = has been told

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सूर्य: of the Sun
• सूर्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (in compound)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; माहात्म्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सविस्तरम्: in detail
• सविस्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘विस्तरेण सह’ = in detail)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• ख्यातम्: has been explained/made known
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धीकृतम्/वर्णितम्’

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; किम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• परिपृच्छसि: do you ask further
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Devī; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator concludes a discourse before Devī; palm-leaf manuscripts and ritual vessels lie nearby; the setting suggests a sacred assembly at Prabhāsa, calm and contemplative.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya literature teaches by praise and prescription; this verse marks completion, emphasizing careful, detailed transmission of sacred knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose māhātmya the Sūrya praise is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it closes the detailed account of Sūrya worship benefits.