Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

शमग्निरितिमन्त्रेण पूजयेद्भास्करात्मजम् । कयानश्चित्रेतिमन्त्रेण देवि राहुं सदाऽर्चयेत्

Transliteration

śamagniritimantreṇa pūjayedbhāskarātmajam | kayānaścitretimantreṇa devi rāhuṃ sadā'rcayet

Translation

ด้วยมนต์ “ศม อัคนิห์ …” พึงบูชาบุตรแห่งภาสกร (บุตรแห่งสุริยะ) และข้าแต่เทวี ด้วยมนต์ “กยา นศ จิตฺเร …” พึงสักการะราหูเป็นนิตย์

Word by Word

• शम्: “śam” (welfare/auspicious)
• शम्: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; मंगलार्थक निपात (benedictive particle: welfare/auspiciousness)

• अग्निः: “Agni” (in the mantra)
• अग्निः: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मन्त्र-उद्धरणे

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (thus)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भास्करात्मजम्: Bhāskara’s son (Śani)
• भास्करात्मजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भास्करस्य आत्मजः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शनि-पर्यायः (son of the Sun)

• कया: “by which” (in the mantra)
• कया: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक सर्वनाम (by which?)

• नः: our/of us
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन (enclitic); अर्थः—अस्माकम् (of us/our)

• चित्रे: “in the bright/variegated (one)” (in the mantra)
• चित्रे: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मन्त्र-उद्धरणे (in/at the bright/variegated [one])

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (thus)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• राहुम्: Rāhu
• राहुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A navagraha shrine panel: Śani (dark, austere) and Rāhu (serpentine shadow-planet) receive offerings; the priest chants Vedic mantras in a Prabhāsa temple corridor.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Bhāskarātmaja (son of the Sun)
• Rāhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is approached through disciplined worship: specific Vedic mantras sanctify devotion to cosmic powers (grahas) within the holy field of Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), praised as a place where orderly, mantra-guided worship yields merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā/arcana to Bhāskara’s son and to Rāhu using the cited mantras as the worship-formulae.