Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

उक्षाणं पृश्निमिति वै प्रथमा परिकीर्तिता । चत्वारि वाक्परीति वै द्वितीया परिकीर्तिता

Transliteration

ukṣāṇaṃ pṛśnimiti vai prathamā parikīrtitā | catvāri vākparīti vai dvitīyā parikīrtitā

Translation

‘اُکشاڻَم پِرشْنِم’ پہلی رِچا کے طور پر بیان کی گئی ہے۔ ‘چَتواری واکْپَری’ دوسری رِچا کے طور پر بیان کی گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• ukṣāṇam: “ukṣāṇam”
• ukṣāṇam: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ukṣan (उक्षन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद (quoted mantra word)

• pṛśnim: “pṛśnim”
• pṛśnim: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛśni (पृश्नि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद

• iti: thus (as the words)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• prathamā: the first (ṛk/verse)
• prathamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prathamā (प्रथमा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक/संख्या-नाम

• parikīrtitā: is declared/recited as
• parikīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (परि+कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• catvāri: “four” (catvāri)
• catvāri: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catvāri (चतुर्/चत्वारि संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; संख्या-शब्द

• vāk-pari: “vākpari”
• vāk-pari: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāk (वाच् प्रातिपदिक) + pari (परि अव्यय/उपसर्ग-रूप)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास: 'वाचः परि' / 'वाक्-परि' (as a fixed mantra phrase); अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (उद्धृत-पद)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• dvitīyā: the second (ṛk/verse)
• dvitīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvitīyā (द्वितीया प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• parikīrtitā: is declared
• parikīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (परि+कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi (contextual to the surrounding instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-priest points to a manuscript or recitation list, enumerating the first and second Ṛg-verses for the rite; disciples listen attentively in a temple courtyard near the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Ravi
• Bhāskara
• Prabhāsa
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred worship is strengthened by correct mantra-order and faithful recitation as taught in the kṣetra’s ritual tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra—especially Arkasthala (the Sūrya-related sacred spot) within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It lists the first and second ṛc/mantra to be used in the Sūrya-pratimā worship sequence.