Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तूर्यशंख निनादेन ध्यात्वा देवं दिवाकरम् । स्नात्वा राजोपचारेण पुनराचम्य यत्नतः

Transliteration

tūryaśaṃkha ninādena dhyātvā devaṃ divākaram | snātvā rājopacāreṇa punarācamya yatnataḥ

Translation

തൂര്യ-ശംഖനാദത്തോടുകൂടെ ദിവാകരദേവനെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം. രാജോപചാരത്തോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, പിന്നെ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ വീണ്ടും ആചമനം ചെയ്യണം.

Word by Word

• तूर्यशंखनिनादेन: with the sound of instruments and conch
• तूर्यशंखनिनादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूर्य-शंख-निनाद (प्रातिपदिक; तूर्य + शंख + निनाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः (तूर्यस्य शंखस्य च निनादः) इति समाहारार्थे तत्पुरुष-प्रायः

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated on
• ध्यात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• दिवाकरम्: Divākara (the Sun)
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/विशेष्य), एकवचन; देवम् इत्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• राजोपचारेण: with royal offerings/rites
• राजोपचारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-उपचार (प्रातिपदिक; राजन् + उपचार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञः उपचारः)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• आचम्य: having performed ācamana
• आचम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having sipped water ritually)

• यत्नतः: carefully
• यत्नतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः (अव्यय; यत्न)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (carefully/with effort)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravītīrtha (with Sūrya-dhyāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Conches and drums resound as the pilgrim, eyes half-closed in Sūrya-dhyāna, bathes with ceremonial ‘royal’ honor—attendants offer vessels and cloth; afterward the pilgrim performs ācamanam with care.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Śaṅkha
• Tūrya
• Ācamana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship is not merely physical bathing; it is meditation plus honor—treating the deity as sovereign with full reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Sūrya-focused bathing and worship setting (continuing the Ravi-tīrtha context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditate on Divākara amid conch/drum sounds, bathe with rājopacāra (royal honors), and then perform ācamana carefully.