Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य सहस्रांशुं देवं पापनिषूदनम् । ततश्चाराधयामास परं नियममाश्रितः

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya sahasrāṃśuṃ devaṃ pāpaniṣūdanam | tataścārādhayāmāsa paraṃ niyamamāśritaḥ

Translation

เขาได้สถาปนา “สหัสรางศุ” คือพระสุริยเทพผู้ปราบบาป แล้วจึงบูชาพระองค์ด้วยศรัทธา โดยยึดมั่นในวินัยและความสำรวมอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having installed/established)

• सहस्रांशुम्: Sahasrāṃśu (the Sun)
• सहस्रांशुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-अंशु (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र + अंशु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे रूढिः/तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रम् अंशवः यस्य/सहस्राणि अंशवः) सूर्यनाम

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहस्रांशु-सम्बन्धि अप्पोजिशन

• पापनिषूदनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनिषूदनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-निषूदन (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + निषूदन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देव-विशेषण) (पापानां निषूदनः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (then/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• आराधयामास: worshipped
• आराधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; देशी-प्रयोगः ‘-आमास’ (did/worshipped)

• परम्: supreme, intense
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नियम-विशेषण)

• नियमम्: observance, discipline
• नियमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आश्रितः: having resorted to
• आश्रितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having resorted to)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba installs an image/altar of Sahasrāṁśu (the Sun), then worships with strict discipline—dawn light, offerings of water, flowers, and incense; the scene glows with solar radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrāṁśu (Sūrya)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Sāmba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True expiation joins inner discipline (niyama) with devoted worship, making the sacred place a vehicle of transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Sāmba establishes and worships the sin-destroying deity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) of Sūrya and sustained ārādhana (worship) with strict niyama.