Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

षष्ठे सोमस्य वारे तु सुरूपं नाम पूजयेत् । कर्पूरं प्राशयेत्तत्र भक्त्या परमया युतः

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhe somasya vāre tu surūpaṃ nāma pūjayet | karpūraṃ prāśayettatra bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ

Translation

چھٹے سوموار کو ‘سُروپ’ نامی روپ کی پوجا کرے۔ وہاں اعلیٰ ترین بھکتی کے ساتھ کافور کو پرساد کے طور پر تناول کرے۔

Word by Word

• ṣaṣṭhe: on the sixth (day)
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/Time-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; काल-निर्देशे विशेषणम् (on the sixth [day])

• somasya: of Soma; of Monday
• somasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• vāre: on the weekday
• vāre: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; कालनिर्देशः

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे

• surūpam: Surūpa (name/title)
• surūpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सु + रूप)

• nāma: named; by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/शब्द)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नाम-शब्दः (quotative/marker of name)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• karpūram: camphor
• karpūram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karpūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• prāśayet: should eat/consume (offer to eat)
• prāśayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense not intended here (simple ‘make eat/consume’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देश/प्रसङ्ग-निर्देशक अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• paramayā: supreme; utmost
• paramayā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; ‘भक्त्या’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yutaḥ: endowed (with)
• yutaḥ: Karta (Implied doer/agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (past participle), ‘युक्तः’ = endowed/associated

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene shrine scene: deity/form 'Surūpa' represented as a radiant, well-proportioned icon; devotee performs camphor ārati; faint white camphor flame and fragrant smoke curl upward.

Characters & Entities

• Surūpa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner bhakti is presented as the decisive element; named forms of the Lord are approached through disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship the deity/form called Surūpa on the sixth Monday and partake of camphor with supreme devotion.