Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

शनैश्चरं स्मरेद्देवं नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः । पूजयित्वा पठेत्स्तोत्रं तस्य तुष्यति भास्करिः

Transliteration

śanaiścaraṃ smareddevaṃ nityaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ | pūjayitvā paṭhetstotraṃ tasya tuṣyati bhāskariḥ

Translation

பக்தியுடன் தினமும் சனைச்சர தேவனை நினைக்க வேண்டும்; வழிபட்டு ஸ்தோத்திரத்தைப் பாராயணம் செய்தால், பாஸ்கரி (சூரிய சக்தி) அவன்மேல் மகிழ்வாள்.

Word by Word

• शनैश्चरम्: Śanaiścara (Saturn)
• शनैश्चरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय) + चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adverbial (Kriya-viseshana/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative: always)

• भक्तिसमन्वितः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तिसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (सम्+अनु+इ-धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having worshipped)

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of him/of that (hymn)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• तुष्यति: is pleased
• तुष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• भास्करिः: Bhāskari (the Sun / solar deity)
• भास्करिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्करि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator voice within Īśvara’s discourse (Śiva continues speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śanaiścara-related sthāna in Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) (implied by surrounding address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs a modest Śani pūjā—oil lamp, black sesame offering—then recites a hymn; above, a radiant solar aura (‘Bhāskari’) softens, indicating cosmic harmony achieved through devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara
• Bhāskara/Bhāskari (Solar deity/power)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through remembrance, worship, and recitation harmonizes cosmic influences and brings divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a field where graha-devatā devotion bears tangible spiritual protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-smaraṇa (daily remembrance) of Śani, followed by pūjā and stotra-pāṭha (hymn recitation).