Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण प्रीताः स्युः सर्वदेवताः । सप्तम्यां रविवारेण धूप गंधानुलेपनैः । पूजयेद्यो विधानेन मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

tasya darśanamātreṇa prītāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ | saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa dhūpa gaṃdhānulepanaiḥ | pūjayedyo vidhānena mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

അവനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം കൊണ്ടു തന്നെ സർവ്വദേവതകളും പ്രസന്നരാകും. ഞായറാഴ്ച വരുന്ന സപ്തമിദിനത്തിൽ ധൂപം, ഗന്ധം, അനുലേപനം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Masculine/Neuter Genitive Singular

• दर्शन-मात्रेण: by mere seeing
• दर्शन-मात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मात्रं दर्शनस्य)

• प्रीताः: pleased
• प्रीताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (धातु) → प्रीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Past participle used adjectivally

• स्युः: would be / may become
• स्युः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; Parasmaipada

• सर्व-देवताः: all the deities
• सर्व-देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative Plural; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाः देवताः)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative Singular (tithi: seventh lunar day)

• रवि-वारेण: on Sunday
• रवि-वारेण: Adhikarana (Time specification/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रवेः वारः)

• धूप: incense
• धूप: Karana (Means/item used/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (context: with other instruments; used as item)

• गन्ध-अनुलेपनैः: with perfumes and unguents
• गन्ध-अनुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; Instrumental Plural; समासः—द्वन्द्व (गन्धाश्च अनुलेपनानि च)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Relative pronoun

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Manner/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental Singular

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: from all sins
• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: Apadana (Separation/from which freed/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; Instrumental Plural; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि किल्बिषाणि)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karkoṭakārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, devotees approach a radiant Sūrya icon; incense smoke curls upward, fragrant paste is applied, and the atmosphere feels universally auspicious—‘all gods pleased’ suggested by faint celestial figures in the halo.

Characters & Entities

• Sarvadevatāḥ
• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Saptamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and properly performed worship align the devotee with divine order, bringing both divine favor and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karkoṭakārka (the Sūrya presence/shrine) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on Saptamī that coincides with Sunday, offering dhūpa (incense), gandha (fragrance), and anulepana (unguents), performed vidhānena (per proper rite).