Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वप्रयत्नेन तमाराधय भास्करम् । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य मोक्ष्यसे नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaprayatnena tamārādhaya bhāskaram | prasādāddevadevasya mokṣyase nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ฉะนั้นจงบูชาพระภาสกร (พระสุริยเทพ) ด้วยความเพียรทุกประการ ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งเทพเหนือเทพ ท่านจักพ้นได้—หาใช่มีความสงสัยไม่

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; therefore
• ततः: Hetu/Adhikaraṇa (contextual adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘सर्वप्रयत्न’ = सर्वः प्रयत्नः (समस्त-प्रयत्नः)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• आराधय: worship; propitiate
• आराधय: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भास्करम्: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करम्: Karman (Object/apposition to ‘तम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (his) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna/Hetu (cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘देवदेव’ = देवानां देवः

• मोक्ष्यसे: you will be liberated
• मोक्ष्यसे: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Negation (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle of negation)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (implied adviser)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva / Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher/narrator points the afflicted king toward the rising Sun; the Sun appears as Bhāskara with radiant horses, while the king prepares for worship with intense resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Devadeva (supreme deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast worship, done with full effort, becomes a direct means to divine grace and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is implied as the sacred context where Sūrya worship is especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional propitiation) of Bhāskara—regular worship as the core practice.