Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं सूर्यदैवतम् । अर्कस्थलप्रसंगेन किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ sūryadaivatam | arkasthalaprasaṃgena kimanyacchrotumicchasi

Translation

Như vậy, hỡi Devī, thánh tích và uy linh của Thần Mặt Trời đã được kể, nhân duyên với Arkasthala. Nàng còn muốn nghe điều gì nữa?

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; संकेतार्थक सर्वनाम

• kathitam: has been narrated
• kathitam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त; √kath (कथ्) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) — 'has been told'

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• māhātmyam: greatness, sacred account
• māhātmyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• sūrya-daivatam: having the Sun as the presiding deity
• sūrya-daivatam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सूर्यस्य दैवतम्' (having the Sun as deity)

• arka-sthala-prasaṅgena: by/through the occasion of Arka-sthala
• arka-sthala-prasaṅgena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arka (प्रातिपदिक) + sthala (प्रातिपदिक) + prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'अर्कस्थलस्य प्रसङ्गः'

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• anyat: other
• anyat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/infinitival complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śrotum (कृदन्त; √śru (श्रु) तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), श्रवणार्थक

• icchasi: do you wish
• icchasi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (इष्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arkasthala (Sūrya-sthala) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara concludes the Arkasthala Sun-mahātmyam, addressing Devī; Devī poised to ask the next question, with Prabhāsa’s coastal sacred landscape suggested in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sūrya
• Arkasthala
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya is framed as a complete sacred teaching, inviting further inquiry in a reverent dialogue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra, explicitly named as the context for praising Sūrya’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it serves as a closing transition, indicating the completion of the Arkasthala-linked Sūrya māhātmya.