Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र सांबस्तपस्तप्त्वा ह्याराध्य च दिवाकरम् । प्राप्तवान्सुन्दरं देहं सहस्रांशुप्रसादतः

Transliteration

yatra sāṃbastapastaptvā hyārādhya ca divākaram | prāptavānsundaraṃ dehaṃ sahasrāṃśuprasādataḥ

Translation

ସେହି ପବିତ୍ର ସ୍ଥାନରେ ସାମ୍ବ ତପସ୍ୟା କରି ଦିବାକର ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ଆରାଧନା କଲେ; ସହସ୍ରକିରଣଧାରୀ ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସାଦରେ ସେ ସୁନ୍ଦର ପୁନଃପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ଦେହ ଲାଭ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb of place)

• सांबः: Sāmba
• सांबः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तप्त्वा: having performed (austerity)
• तप्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun (Divākara)
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्तवान्: obtained; attained
• प्राप्तवान्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुन्दरम्: beautiful
• सुन्दरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सहस्रांशुप्रसादतः: by the grace of Sahasrāṃśu (the Sun)
• सहस्रांशुप्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रांशु + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः; हेत्वर्थे पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba, emaciated from austerities, stands on a riverbank in prayer to the radiant Sun; the Sun’s thousand rays descend as healing light, transforming him into a beautiful, restored form.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Divākara
• Sahasrāṃśu (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady tapas and sincere worship at a sacred tīrtha invite divine grace that heals and restores one’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), praised as the place where Sāmba received Sūrya’s favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Austerity (tapas) and devoted worship (ārādhana) of Divākara/Sūrya.