Shloka 70 - Adhyaya 17 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

शमग्निरितिमन्त्रेण पूजयेद्भास्करात्मजम् । कयानश्चित्रेतिमन्त्रेण देवि राहुं सदाऽर्चयेत्

Transliteration

śamagniritimantreṇa pūjayedbhāskarātmajam | kayānaścitretimantreṇa devi rāhuṃ sadā'rcayet

Translation

‘சமக்னிரிதி’ மந்திரத்தால் பாஸ்கராத்மஜனை (சூரியபுத்திரனை) வழிபட வேண்டும். தேவி, ‘கயாநஶ்சித்ரேதி’ மந்திரத்தால் ராகுவை எப்போதும் அர்ச்சிக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

शम्“śam” (welfare/auspicious)

अग्निः“Agni” (in the mantra)

इतिthus

मन्त्रेणwith the mantra

पूजयेत्should worship

भास्करात्मजम्Bhāskara’s son (Śani)

कया“by which” (in the mantra)

नःour/of us

चित्रे“in the bright/variegated (one)” (in the mantra)

इतिthus

मन्त्रेणwith the mantra

देविO Goddess

राहुम्Rāhu

सदाalways

अर्चयेत्should worship

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A navagraha shrine panel: Śani (dark, austere) and Rāhu (serpentine shadow-planet) receive offerings; the priest chants Vedic mantras in a Prabhāsa temple corridor.

Characters & Entities

Bhāskara (Sūrya)

Bhāskarātmaja (son of the Sun)

Rāhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is approached through disciplined worship: specific Vedic mantras sanctify devotion to cosmic powers (grahas) within the holy field of Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), praised as a place where orderly, mantra-guided worship yields merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā/arcana to Bhāskara’s son and to Rāhu using the cited mantras as the worship-formulae.