Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

एवं यः कुरुते सम्यक्सांबादित्यस्य पूजनम् । सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमायुक्तः संप्राप्स्यत्यखिलं फलम्

Transliteration

evaṃ yaḥ kurute samyaksāṃbādityasya pūjanam | samyakchraddhāsamāyuktaḥ saṃprāpsyatyakhilaṃ phalam

Translation

Ai thực hành đúng như vậy việc thờ phụng Sāṃbāditya, với lòng tín thành chân thật, sẽ đạt trọn vẹn mọi quả phúc (của nghi lễ).

Word by Word

• evam: thus/in this way
• evam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kurute: does/performs
• kurute: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/Indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• sāṃbādityasya: of Sāmbāditya (Sāmba-Sun)
• sāṃbādityasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃbāditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• pūjanam: worship
• pūjanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• śraddhā-samāyuktaḥ: endowed with faith
• śraddhā-samāyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक; √yuj + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (श्रद्धया समायुक्तः)

• saṃprāpsyati: will obtain
• saṃprāpsyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/Indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• akhilam: entire/all
• akhilam: Karma qualifier (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃbāditya at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands before Sāṃbāditya, rays spreading like a mandala; the atmosphere conveys certainty that faithful, correct worship grants complete results.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) and correctness of practice together make worship spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the worship of Sāṃbāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes: perform Sāṃbāditya worship exactly as instructed, with sincere faith.