Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अनेकधाऽराधितोऽपि स देवो भास्करः शुचिः । न ददाति वरं यत्तु तन्मे शापस्य कारणात्

Transliteration

anekadhā'rādhito'pi sa devo bhāskaraḥ śuciḥ | na dadāti varaṃ yattu tanme śāpasya kāraṇāt

Translation

“ആ ശുദ്ധനായ ദേവൻ ഭാസ്കരനെ ഞാൻ പലവിധത്തിൽ ആരാധിച്ചിട്ടും, ഞാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന വരം അവൻ നൽകുന്നില്ല—അതെന്റെ ശാപകാരണമൂലമാണ്.”

Word by Word

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'in many ways')

• आराधितः: worshipped / propitiated
• आराधितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) → आराधित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'स')

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Concessive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: concessive 'even/though')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवः इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying Bhāskara)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriyā (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun referring to 'वरम्')

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वाक्यविषय (correlative to 'यत्')

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive enclitic)

• शापस्य: of the curse
• शापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कारणात्: because of (the cause)
• कारणात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; expressing the problem within the Sāmba episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba (or the devotee) stands before Bhāskara’s radiant form with offerings, yet his face shows sorrow; a faint dark band or symbolic chain represents the curse preventing the boon.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship bears fruit, yet karmic impediments like a śāpa can delay results until the underlying cause is reconciled.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra remains the narrative setting for the Sun-worship undertaken to overcome affliction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continued multi-form worship (anekadhā ārādhanā) is referenced, though no single rite is specified.