Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 155

Devanagari script

गतेहनामित्यनया अव्यंगं भास्करं न्यसेत् । अनेन विधिना देवि पूजयेद्विधिवद्रविम्

Transliteration

gatehanāmityanayā avyaṃgaṃ bhāskaraṃ nyaset | anena vidhinā devi pūjayedvidhivadravim

Translation

Dengan mantra “gatehanām”, hendaklah dipasang Bhāskara yang suci tanpa cela. Wahai Dewi, dengan cara ini hendaklah dipuja Ravi menurut tertib upacara.

Word by Word

• गतेहनाम्: ‘Gatehan’ (a name/mantra-word)
• गतेहनाम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गतेहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम-रूपेण मन्त्र/नामनिर्देशः (पाठभेदसम्भवः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• अनया: by this (f.)
• अनया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अव्यङ्गम्: unblemished; without deformity
• अव्यङ्गम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + व्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• भास्करम्: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• भास्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न्यसेत्: should place/set down
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस्/स्यन्द्? (धातु) → नि + अस् (धातु) ‘न्यस्’ (धातु-रूप)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विधिना: by the procedure
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• रविम्: the Sun
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from address 'devi' within an instructional dialogue in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi (explicitly addressed: ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The priest performs a careful placement/installation gesture before the Sūrya icon, touching the pedestal and image with sanctified hands while chanting; the deity appears spotless and radiant; the Goddess is addressed as witness to the correct method.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Ravi
• Sūrya
• Prabhāsa
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and correctness in worship—both in the icon and in procedure—are upheld as dharmic discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, particularly the Sūrya-associated Arkasthala context of the rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Installation/placing of the Sūrya image with a specified mantra, followed by worship performed ‘vidhivat’ (according to rule).