Shloka 50 - Adhyaya 17 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

हंसः शुचिषदिति मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत् । अपत्येतेति मन्त्रेण सूर्यं देवि प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

haṃsaḥ śuciṣaditi maṃtreṇānena pūjayet | apatyeteti mantreṇa sūryaṃ devi prapūjayet

Translation

‘ഹംസഃ ശുചിഷത്…’ മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് പൂജ നടത്തണം; ഹേ ദേവി! ‘അപത്യേതേ…’ മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് സൂര്യദേവനെ പ്രത്യേക ഭക്തിയോടെ പ്രപൂജിക്കണം।

Word by Word

हंसः“haṃsaḥ” (swan; mantra word)

शुचिषद्“śuciṣat” (dwelling in purity; mantra word)

इतिthus

मन्त्रेणwith the mantra

अनेनwith this

पूजयेत्should worship

अपत्येत्“apatyet” (mantra word)

इतिthus

मन्त्रेणwith the mantra

सूर्यम्the Sun

देविO देवी

प्रपूजयेत्should worship well/especially

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī addressed as “devī”

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in Prabhāsa, the devotee faces the rising sun, offering arghya from a copper vessel while reciting Vedic mantras; Sūrya’s disk is depicted with rays and attendant deities, while the sea/river glints behind.

Characters & Entities

Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure, mantra-guided worship refines devotion and makes one’s offering to Sūrya spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Sūrya using specific Vedic mantra-openings (“haṃsaḥ śuciṣat…”, “apatyete…”).