Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अनेकधाऽराधितोऽपि स देवो भास्करः शुचिः । न ददाति वरं यत्तु तन्मे शापस्य कारणात्

Transliteration

anekadhā'rādhito'pi sa devo bhāskaraḥ śuciḥ | na dadāti varaṃ yattu tanme śāpasya kāraṇāt

Translation

“اگرچہ اس پاکیزہ دیوتا بھاسکر کی میں نے طرح طرح سے عبادت کی ہے، پھر بھی وہ وہی ور (نعمت) نہیں دیتا جس کی میں خواہش رکھتا ہوں—یہ میرے شاپ (لعنت) کے سبب سے ہے۔”

Word by Word

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'in many ways')

• आराधितः: worshipped / propitiated
• आराधितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) → आराधित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'स')

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Concessive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: concessive 'even/though')

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

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवः इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying Bhāskara)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriyā (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun referring to 'वरम्')

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वाक्यविषय (correlative to 'यत्')

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive enclitic)

• शापस्य: of the curse
• शापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कारणात्: because of (the cause)
• कारणात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; expressing the problem within the Sāmba episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba (or the devotee) stands before Bhāskara’s radiant form with offerings, yet his face shows sorrow; a faint dark band or symbolic chain represents the curse preventing the boon.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship bears fruit, yet karmic impediments like a śāpa can delay results until the underlying cause is reconciled.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra remains the narrative setting for the Sun-worship undertaken to overcome affliction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continued multi-form worship (anekadhā ārādhanā) is referenced, though no single rite is specified.