Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 157

Devanagari script

अनेनविधिना यस्तु सततं पूजयेद्रविम् । स प्राप्नोत्यधिकान्कामानिह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

anenavidhinā yastu satataṃ pūjayedravim | sa prāpnotyadhikānkāmāniha loke paratra ca

Translation

جو اس طریقے سے ہمیشہ روی (سورج دیو) کی پوجا کرے، وہ اس دنیا میں بھی اور اگلے جہان میں بھی فراواں مرادیں پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विधिना: by the method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थक

• सततम्: always; continually
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

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

• रविम्: the Sun
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अधिकान्: greater; additional
• अधिकान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• कामान्: desires; wishes
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• परत्र: hereafter; in the next world
• परत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in the other world/afterwards)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from phala-śruti style in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Arka/Ravi worship locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified inquirer

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs daily worship to a radiant Sūrya image at Prabhāsa; rays extend to scenes of prosperity and a luminous path beyond, symbolizing fruits in both worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi
• Sūrya
• Prabhāsa
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, disciplined devotion (nitya-pūjā) is praised as a dharmic means to both prosperity and spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra/Arkasthala, where Sūrya worship is said to yield exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous worship of Ravi according to the previously described procedure.