Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

द्वादशप्रथम इति पंचमी परिकीर्तिता । यो रत्नवाहीत्यनया किरीटं योजयेद्रवेः

Transliteration

dvādaśaprathama iti paṃcamī parikīrtitā | yo ratnavāhītyanayā kirīṭaṃ yojayedraveḥ

Translation

‘த்வாதசப்ரதம’ என்பது ஐந்தாம் ருக் எனப் பிரகடனம் செய்யப்பட்டது. ‘யோ ரத்னவாஹீ’ என்ற மந்திரத்தால் ரவியின் சிரத்தில் கிரீடத்தை அணிவிக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• द्वादशप्रथमः: the twelfth-first (name/epithet)
• द्वादशप्रथमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्वादशानां प्रथमः)

• इति: thus; as (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• पञ्चमी: the fifth (verse/line/step)
• पञ्चमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तिता: is proclaimed/declared
• परिकीर्तिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) → परिकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• रत्नवाही: the gem-bearer (name)
• रत्नवाही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न + वाहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (रत्नं वहति)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• अनया: by this (f.)
• अनया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• किरीटम्: crown
• किरीटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• योजयेत्: should place/attach
• योजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The fifth ṛc concludes; the priest lifts a jeweled crown and gently sets it upon the radiant Sūrya image. The crown glitters like sunrise on the sea; attendants hold lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Ravi
• Prabhāsa
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship becomes complete when inner reverence is expressed through proper offerings (upacāras) guided by mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra’s Arkasthala, where Sūrya’s icon-worship is taught as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes the fifth ṛc and instructs placing a crown on the Sūrya image while reciting the ‘ratnavāhī’ mantra.