Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यः प्रत्यूषे महादेवि प्रत्यूषेश्वरमुत्तमम् । पूजयिष्यति सद्भक्त्या सततं नियतात्मवान् । तस्यैष्यति क्षयं पापमपि ब्रह्मवधोद्भवम

Transliteration

yaḥ pratyūṣe mahādevi pratyūṣeśvaramuttamam | pūjayiṣyati sadbhaktyā satataṃ niyatātmavān | tasyaiṣyati kṣayaṃ pāpamapi brahmavadhodbhavama

Translation

ఓ మహాదేవీ, ఎవడు ప్రత్యూషకాలంలో ఉత్తమ ప్రత్యూషేశ్వరుని సద్భక్తితో, నిత్యం నియతమనస్సుతో పూజించునో—అతని పాపము నశించును; బ్రహ్మహత్యాజనిత పాపముకూడా.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• pratyūṣe: at dawn
• pratyūṣe: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratyūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• pratyūṣeśvaram: Pratyūṣeśvara (Lord of dawn)
• pratyūṣeśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratyūṣa + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रत्युषस्य ईश्वरः)

• uttamam: supreme
• uttamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (pratyūṣeśvaram इति)

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• sadbhaktyā: with true devotion
• sadbhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सद्-भक्तिः)

• satataṃ: always, continually
• satataṃ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• niyatātmavān: one of disciplined self
• niyatātmavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyata + ātman + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (नियतः आत्मा यस्य सः)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• eṣyati: will go/come (will reach)
• eṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• kṣayam: destruction, end
• kṣayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेष्य (गन्तव्य-भाव)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (kṣayam इति सह)

• api: even
• api: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• brahmavadhodbhavam: arising from brahmin-slaying
• brahmavadhodbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahma-vadha + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मवधस्य उद्भवः) विशेषणम् (pāpam इति)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Pratyūṣeśvara
• Devī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined devotion at dawn to Śiva in a holy place is presented as a powerful purifier, capable of erasing even heavy karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra—worship of Pratyūṣeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā of Pratyūṣeśvara at daybreak (pratyūṣa) with steadfast devotion and self-restraint.