Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

इति हि सकलधर्मभावहेतोर्हरकमलासनविष्णुसंस्तुतस्य । तनुपरिलिखनं निशम्य भानोर्व्रजति दिवाकरलोकमायुषोंऽते

Transliteration

iti hi sakaladharmabhāvahetorharakamalāsanaviṣṇusaṃstutasya | tanuparilikhanaṃ niśamya bhānorvrajati divākaralokamāyuṣoṃ'te

Translation

ఇలా, సమస్త ధర్మభావాలను ప్రబోధించే, హరుడు, కమలాసనుడు (బ్రహ్మ) మరియు విష్ణువు స్తుతించిన భానువు యొక్క ఈ పవిత్ర వర్ణనను ఎవడు శ్రవణం చేస్తాడో, వాడు ఆయుష్షు అంత్యంలో దివాకరలోకాన్ని చేరుతాడు.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थ-अव्यय (quotative/thus)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• sakala-dharma-bhāva-hetoḥ: of the cause of all dharma-being
• sakala-dharma-bhāva-hetoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘सकलधर्मभावस्य हेतुः’ (cause of the state of all dharmas)

• hara-kamala-āsana-viṣṇu-saṃstutasya: of (him) praised by Hara, Brahmā, and Viṣṇu
• hara-kamala-āsana-viṣṇu-saṃstutasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + kamala-āsana (प्रातिपदिक; brahmā) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstuta (कृदन्त; √stu)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘हर-कमलासन-विष्णुभिः संस्तुतः’ (praised by Hara, Brahmā, and Viṣṇu)

• tanu-parilikhanaṃ: the drawing/inscription of the body
• tanu-parilikhanaṃ: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक) + parilikhana (प्रातिपदिक; √likh)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तन्वाः परिलिखनम् (inscribing/drawing of the body)

• niśamya: having heard/observed
• niśamya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-√śam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having heard/observed’

• bhānoḥ: of the Sun
• bhānoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vrajati: goes
• vrajati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• divākara-lokaṃ: to the world of the Sun
• divākara-lokaṃ: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिवाकरस्य लोकः (world of the Sun)

• āyuṣaḥ: of life
• āyuṣaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhānu/Sūrya-māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī; secondarily all future hearers/readers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhānu (Sūrya) enthroned in radiance, being praised by Śiva (Hara), Brahmā (lotus-seated), and Viṣṇu; below, a listener hears the māhātmya; at the end of life, a subtle soul-figure ascends toward Divākara-loka.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sūrya)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Kamalāsana (Brahmā)
• Viṣṇu
• Divākara-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of māhātmya is itself a dharmic act; attentive listening to sacred praise is credited with elevating the soul’s final destination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a Sūrya-associated sacred landscape, summarized through a phalaśruti on hearing its account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to (or recitation of) the described māhātmya; its stated fruit is reaching Divākara-loka at life’s end.