Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

दीप्यते गोसहस्रेण शतैश्च त्रिभिरर्यमा । द्विसप्तकैर्विवस्वांस्तु अंशुमान्पञ्चकैस्त्रिभिः

Transliteration

dīpyate gosahasreṇa śataiśca tribhiraryamā | dvisaptakairvivasvāṃstu aṃśumānpañcakaistribhiḥ

Translation

ஆர்யமன் ஆயிரமும் மூன்றுநூறும் கதிர்களால் ஒளிர்கிறான். விவஸ்வான் இரு-சப்தகம் (பதினானூறு நூறு) கதிர்களால்; அஂஷுமான் மூன்று-பஞ்சகம் (பதினைந்து நூறு) கதிர்களால் பிரகாசிக்கிறான்.

Word by Word

• dīpyate: shines
• dīpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dīp (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• go-sahasreṇa: by a thousand (units)
• go-sahasreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गो-सम्बन्धि सहस्रम्)

• śataiḥ: by hundreds
• śataiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• tribhiḥ: by three (hundreds)
• tribhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (śataiḥ इत्यस्य)

• aryamā: Aryaman (solar deity)
• aryamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aryaman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dvi-saptakaiḥ: by two sevens (i.e., fourteen)
• dvi-saptakaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + saptaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वौ साप्तकौ = 14)

• vivasvān: Vivasvān (the Sun)
• vivasvān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक

• aṃśumān: Aṃśumān (the radiant one)
• aṃśumān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pañcakaiḥ: by groups of five
• pañcakaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समूहवाचक (set of five)

• tribhiḥ: by three (sets)
• tribhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (pañcakaiḥ इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three Ādityas—Aryaman, Vivasvān, Aṃśumān—stand in ascending radiance, each surrounded by stylized ray-bundles labeled 1300/1400/1500; pilgrims at Prabhāsa perform arghya facing the rising sun over the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Aryaman
• Vivasvān
• Aṃśumān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision treats divine light as precisely apportioned, reflecting an ordered cosmos rather than randomness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching frame; cosmological details are presented as part of the site’s authoritative sacred teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a descriptive cosmological measure of radiance (raśmi) for specific Ādityas.