Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सोमो बृहस्पतिः शुक्रो बुधोंऽगारक एव च । इन्द्रो विवस्वान्दीप्तांशुः शुचिः सौरिः शनैश्चरः

Transliteration

somo bṛhaspatiḥ śukro budhoṃ'gāraka eva ca | indro vivasvāndīptāṃśuḥ śuciḥ sauriḥ śanaiścaraḥ

Translation

وہ سوم (چاند)، برہسپتی، شکر، بدھ اور انگارک کے نام سے سراہا جاتا ہے؛ وہی اندر، ویوسوان—تاباں شعاعوں والا، شُچی (پاک)، اور سَوری—خود شنیچر ہے۔

Word by Word

• सोमः: Soma (Moon)
• सोमः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)
• बृहस्पतिः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुक्रः: Śukra (Venus)
• शुक्रः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बुधः: Budha (Mercury)
• बुधः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अङ्गारकः: Aṅgāraka (Mars)
• अङ्गारकः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारणार्थक निपात)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विवस्वान्: Vivasvān (Sun)
• विवस्वान्: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दीप्तांशुः: bright-rayed
• दीप्तांशुः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्त-अंशु (प्रातिपदिक; दीप्त + अंशु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुचिः: the pure one
• शुचिः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सौरिः: Sauri (Saturn)
• सौरिः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शनैश्चरः: slow-moving one (Saturn)
• शनैश्चरः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनैः-चर (प्रातिपदिक; शनैः + चर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial dome above the Prabhāsa shore: the Lord at center, with Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Indra, Sun, and Saturn depicted as radiant deities offering hymns; rays converge into a single effulgence.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Bṛhaspati
• Śukra
• Budha
• Aṅgāraka
• Indra
• Vivasvān (Sūrya)
• Śanaiścara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All celestial powers (grahas and deva-rulers) are ultimately facets of the one solar divinity; praising Sūrya as their inner essence cultivates unity of worship and steadiness of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha/Somnath region) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself is part of a nāma-stuti (name-recitation); the implied practice is kīrtana/japa of Sūrya’s names for merit and purification.