Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वप्रयत्नेन तमाराधय भास्करम् । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य मोक्ष्यसे नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaprayatnena tamārādhaya bhāskaram | prasādāddevadevasya mokṣyase nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Vì thế, hãy dốc hết mọi nỗ lực mà phụng thờ Bhāskara (Thần Mặt Trời). Nhờ ân sủng của Đấng Thần trong các Thần, ngài sẽ được giải thoát—không còn nghi ngờ gì.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; therefore
• ततः: Hetu/Adhikaraṇa (contextual adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘सर्वप्रयत्न’ = सर्वः प्रयत्नः (समस्त-प्रयत्नः)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• आराधय: worship; propitiate
• आराधय: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भास्करम्: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करम्: Karman (Object/apposition to ‘तम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (his) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna/Hetu (cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘देवदेव’ = देवानां देवः

• मोक्ष्यसे: you will be liberated
• मोक्ष्यसे: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Negation (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle of negation)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (implied adviser)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva / Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher/narrator points the afflicted king toward the rising Sun; the Sun appears as Bhāskara with radiant horses, while the king prepares for worship with intense resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Devadeva (supreme deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast worship, done with full effort, becomes a direct means to divine grace and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is implied as the sacred context where Sūrya worship is especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional propitiation) of Bhāskara—regular worship as the core practice.