Shloka 50 - Adhyaya 17 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Malay | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

हंसः शुचिषदिति मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत् । अपत्येतेति मन्त्रेण सूर्यं देवि प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

haṃsaḥ śuciṣaditi maṃtreṇānena pūjayet | apatyeteti mantreṇa sūryaṃ devi prapūjayet

Translation

Dengan mantra yang bermula “haṃsaḥ śuciṣat…”, hendaklah dilakukan pemujaan. Dan dengan mantra yang bermula “apatyete…”, wahai Dewi, hendaklah Sūrya dipuja dengan penghormatan yang istimewa.

Word by Word

हंसः“haṃsaḥ” (swan; mantra word)

शुचिषद्“śuciṣat” (dwelling in purity; mantra word)

इतिthus

मन्त्रेणwith the mantra

अनेनwith this

पूजयेत्should worship

अपत्येत्“apatyet” (mantra word)

इतिthus

मन्त्रेणwith the mantra

सूर्यम्the Sun

देविO देवी

प्रपूजयेत्should worship well/especially

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī addressed as “devī”

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in Prabhāsa, the devotee faces the rising sun, offering arghya from a copper vessel while reciting Vedic mantras; Sūrya’s disk is depicted with rays and attendant deities, while the sea/river glints behind.

Characters & Entities

Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure, mantra-guided worship refines devotion and makes one’s offering to Sūrya spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Sūrya using specific Vedic mantra-openings (“haṃsaḥ śuciṣat…”, “apatyete…”).