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

‘ହଂସଃ ଶୁଚିଷତ୍…’ ମନ୍ତ୍ରରେ ପୂଜା କରିବ; ଏବଂ ହେ ଦେବୀ! ‘ଅପତ୍ୟେତେ…’ ମନ୍ତ୍ରରେ ସୂର୍ୟଦେବଙ୍କୁ ବିଶେଷ ଭକ୍ତିରେ ପ୍ରପୂଜା କରିବ।

Word by Word

• हंसः: “haṃsaḥ” (swan; mantra word)
• हंसः: Sambandha (Cited word/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (cited word)

• शुचिषद्: “śuciṣat” (dwelling in purity; mantra word)
• शुचिषद्: Sambandha (Cited epithet/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; उपाधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (cited epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

• अपत्येत्: “apatyet” (mantra word)
• अपत्येत्: Sambandha (Cited word/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक/मन्त्रपद)
• Form: मन्त्रपद (cited word); रूपं पाठानुसार (as quoted)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship well/especially
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पूज् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त; उपसर्ग प्र-

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…”).