Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अपि नः स कुले धन्यो जायते कुलपावनः । भाग्यवान्भक्तिभावेन येन भानुरुपासितः

Transliteration

api naḥ sa kule dhanyo jāyate kulapāvanaḥ | bhāgyavānbhaktibhāvena yena bhānurupāsitaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดเกิดในวงศ์ของเราและเป็นผู้มีบุญ ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้ชำระวงศ์ตระกูลให้บริสุทธิ์; ผู้ที่บูชา ภานุ (พระอาทิตย์) ด้วยภาวะแห่งภักติ ย่อมเป็นผู้มีวาสนาแท้จริง

Word by Word

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्भावना/अनुनयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन

• कुले: in (our) family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचन

• धन्यः: blessed
• धन्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः)

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कुल-पावनः: purifier of the family
• कुल-पावनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (कुलं पावयति इति), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः)

• भाग्यवान्: fortunate
• भाग्यवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाग्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः)

• भक्ति-भावेन: with a feeling of devotion
• भक्ति-भावेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (भक्तेः भावः), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन; साधनभावे

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन

• भानुः: the Sun
• भानुः: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन

• उपासितः: worshipped
• उपासितः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; कर्मणि

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (with Bhānu/Gopyāditya worship)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household lineage scene: elders and youth together at dawn offering arghya to the rising sun; ancestral figures subtly shown in the background receiving light, symbolizing kula-pāvana.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of the Sun is portrayed as so elevating that it sanctifies not only the devotee but also the devotee’s family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger frame is the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, linking Sun-worship to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is upāsanā (worship) of Bhānu with bhakti-bhāva (devotional intent).