Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

नित्यमाराधयामास सांबो जांबवतीसुतः । तपोनिष्ठं च तं दृष्ट्वा विष्णुः कारुणिको महान्

Transliteration

nityamārādhayāmāsa sāṃbo jāṃbavatīsutaḥ | taponiṣṭhaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣṇuḥ kāruṇiko mahān

Translation

ജാംബവതീപുത്രനായ സാമ്ബൻ നിത്യവും സൂര്യദേവനെ ആരാധിച്ചു. അവൻ തപസ്സിൽ അചഞ്ചലനെന്നു കണ്ട മഹാകാരുണ്യനായ വിഷ്ണു അവനോടു കൃപാദൃഷ്ടി ചെലുത്തി।

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभाव (adverbial accusative)

• आराधयामास: worshipped
• आराधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• साम्बः: Sāmba
• साम्बः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जाम्बवतीसुतः: son of Jāmbavatī
• जाम्बवतीसुतः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बवती (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'जाम्बवत्याः सुतः'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपोनिष्ठम्: steadfast in austerity
• तपोनिष्ठम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + निष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कारुणिकः: compassionate
• कारुणिकः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कारुणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Skanda Purāṇa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-upāsanā locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba performs daily Sūrya worship with austere discipline; Viṣṇu, compassionate, observes and is moved by his tapas-niṣṭhā.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Jāmbavatī
• Sūrya (implied)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily worship and disciplined tapas draw the attention of divine compassion and open the way for grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the implied setting where Sāmba performs regular worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-ārādhanā—regular daily worship (here, Sūrya worship in context).