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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सुरपितृमनुजयक्षसेवितमसुरनिशाचरसिद्धवंदितम् । वरकनकहुताशनप्रभं त्वमपि नम हिताय भास्करम्

Transliteration

surapitṛmanujayakṣasevitamasuraniśācarasiddhavaṃditam | varakanakahutāśanaprabhaṃ tvamapi nama hitāya bhāskaram

Translation

தேவர்கள், பித்ருக்கள், மனிதர்கள், யக்ஷர்கள் சேவிக்கும்; அசுரர்கள், இரவுலாவிகள், சித்தர்கள் வணங்கும்; சிறந்த பொன்னும் தீயும் போல் ஒளிரும் அந்த பாஸ்கரனை உன் நலனுக்காக நீயும் வணங்கு.

Word by Word
सुरgods
सुर:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound-member; stem form)
पितृmanes/ancestors
पितृ:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound-member; stem form)
मनुजhumans
मनुज:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound-member; stem form)
यक्षyakṣas
यक्ष:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound-member; stem form)
सेवितम्served by
सेवितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of implied bhāskaram)
TypeAdjective
Rootसेव् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सेवित’ = served/attended
असुरasuras
असुर:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound-member; stem form)
निशाचरnight-roamers (demons)
निशाचर:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा (प्रातिपदिक) + चर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निशायां चरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound-member; stem form)
सिद्धsiddhas
सिद्ध:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound-member; stem form)
वंदितम्praised by
वंदितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of implied bhāskaram)
TypeAdjective
Rootवन्द् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वन्दित’ = praised/worshipped
वरexcellent
वर:
Visheshana (Qualifier within compound)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण, पुं/नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound-member; stem form)
कनकgold
कनक:
Visheshya (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootकनक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound-member; stem form)
हुताशनfire (Agni)
हुताशन:
Upamāna (Standard of comparison within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootहुत (प्रातिपदिक) + अशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (हुतं अश्नाति/हुताशनः = अग्निः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound-member; stem form)
प्रभम्radiant like
प्रभम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासान्त (…प्रभ = having the radiance of …), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘…-prabham’ qualifying bhāskaram
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = also/even
नमbow (salute)
नम:
Kriya (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootनम् (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘नम’ = bow (you)
हितायfor welfare
हिताय:
Sampradana (Purpose/Beneficiary)
TypeNoun
Rootहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक (for the welfare)
भास्करम्the Sun (Bhāskara)
भास्करम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootभास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context; likely Śiva to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhāskara blazing like molten gold and sacrificial fire; around him, devas, pitṛs, humans, yakṣas, asuras, rākṣasas, and siddhas arranged in concentric reverent circles, all offering salutations.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhāskara (Sūrya)
D
Devas
P
Pitṛs
Y
Yakṣas
A
Asuras
N
Niśācaras
S
Siddhas

FAQs

Sūrya is universally revered across realms; bowing to him aligns one with welfare, vitality, and cosmic order.

The praise is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, linking Sūrya-stuti to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

Namaskāra and worship (stuti) of Bhāskara explicitly for one’s hita (well-being).

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