Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 178

Devanagari script

अमृतमयेन रसेन समं विबुधपितॄनपि तर्प्पयसे । अरिगणसूदन तेन तव प्रणतिमुपेत्य लिखामि वपुः

Transliteration

amṛtamayena rasena samaṃ vibudhapitṝnapi tarppayase | arigaṇasūdana tena tava praṇatimupetya likhāmi vapuḥ

Translation

اپنے امرت جیسے رس سے آپ دیوتاؤں اور پِتروں کو بھی یکساں طور پر سیراب کرتے ہیں۔ اے دشمنوں کے لشکر کے قاہر، اسی لیے میں ادب و عقیدت سے آپ کے حضور جھک کر اپنے وجود کی گہرائی سے یہ حمد پیش کرتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• अमृत: nectar/immortality
• अमृत: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• मयेन: with nectar-like
• मयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः: अमृत-मयेन (तत्पुरुष)

• रसेन: by/with (your) essence/juice
• रसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विबुध: gods
• विबुध: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासाङ्ग

• पितॄन्: gods and ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः: विबुध-पितॄन् (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• तर्प्पयसे: you satisfy/refresh
• तर्प्पयसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (causative sense: तर्पय-)

• अरिगणसूदन: O slayer of hosts of enemies
• अरिगणसूदन: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः: अरि-गण-सूदन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रणतिम्: bow/salutation
• प्रणतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उपेत्य: having approached/undertaken
• उपेत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• लिखामि: I write/inscribe
• लिखामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वपुः: body/form
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified within snippet (voice of the hymnist within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, hands folded, offers a hymn as if offering his own body; behind him the radiant disk of Ravi pours nectar-like rays that reach both devas in the sky and pitṛs in subtle ancestral realms, signifying universal tarpana.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Devas (Vibudhas)
• Pitṛs (Ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya is the life-essence that sustains both divine and ancestral realms; reverent praise aligns the devotee with that sustaining power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, implying special merit for Sūrya worship and ancestral satisfaction within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpana is implied through “tarppayase” (satisfying gods and pitṛs), suggesting Sūrya-related offerings/oblations as spiritually efficacious.