Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

शनिं स्तुत्वाऽभ्यनुज्ञातो रथमारुह्य वीर्यवान् । स्वस्थानं गतवान्राजा पूज्यमानो दिवौकसैः

Transliteration

śaniṃ stutvā'bhyanujñāto rathamāruhya vīryavān | svasthānaṃ gatavānrājā pūjyamāno divaukasaiḥ

Translation

ശനിയെ സ്തുതിച്ച് പുറപ്പെടാനുള്ള അനുമതി നേടി, വീര്യവാനായ രാജാവ് രഥമേറി തന്റെ സ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് പോയി—ദിവ്യലോകവാസികളാൽ പൂജിക്കപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• शनिम्: Śani (Saturn)
• शनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having praised)

• अभ्यनुज्ञातः: having been granted permission
• अभ्यनुज्ञातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + अनु + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (one who has been permitted)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having mounted)

• वीर्यवान्: valiant/powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• स्वस्थानम्: his own place
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गतवान्: went/has gone
• गतवान्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (Perfect participle/क्तवतु), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि (one who has gone)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूज्यमानः: being worshipped/honoured
• पूज्यमानः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (Present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• दिवौकसैः: by the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• दिवौकसैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator voice within Īśvara’s discourse (Śiva continues speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daśaratha, empowered and serene, mounts his chariot after praising Śani; celestial beings honor him as he departs—an auspicious send-off from the sacred realm to the royal world.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Śanaiścara
• Divaukas (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise followed by proper leave-taking (abhyanujñā) completes worship and yields honor and auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Śani-related devotion is presented as powerful and publicly affirmed by divine witnesses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymnic praise) and receiving abhyanujñā (formal permission) at the close of worship.