Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

उद्यन्नद्य मित्रमहः प्रथममक्षरं जपेत् । द्वितीयं पूजयेद्देवि शुकेषु मे हरिमेति वै

Transliteration

udyannadya mitramahaḥ prathamamakṣaraṃ japet | dvitīyaṃ pūjayeddevi śukeṣu me harimeti vai

Translation

“ଉଦ୍ୟନ୍ନଦ୍ୟ ମିତ୍ରମହଃ…” ଏହି ମନ୍ତ୍ରରେ ପ୍ରଥମ ବୀଜାକ୍ଷର ଜପ କରିବ। ହେ ଦେବୀ, ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟଟିକୁ “ଶୁକେଷୁ ମେ ହରିମ୍…” ମନ୍ତ୍ରରେ ପୂଜା କରିବ।

Word by Word

• उद्यन्: rising
• उद्यन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+या (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (today)

• मित्रम्: Mitra (solar deity/friend)
• मित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• अहः: day; daylight
• अहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्/अहः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अक्षरम्: syllable
• अक्षरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्वितीयम्: second
• द्वितीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

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

• शुकेषु: among parrots; in the śukas
• शुकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरणार्थक

• वै: indeed
• वै: Vacaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritualist at dawn chants solar-tinged Vedic lines while placing/visualizing bīja syllables; a second phase shows offering to a deity-form associated with the second bīja; the sky brightens over the coastal shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Mitra
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practice becomes powerful when done in the proper sequence with focused recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the text teaches stepwise mantra-bīja placement and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the first akṣara with “udyann adya mitramahaḥ…”, and worship of the second with “śukeṣu me hariḥ…”.