Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एवं च ध्यायतस्तस्य कालेन महता ततः । तुतोष भगवान्सूर्यो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह

Transliteration

evaṃ ca dhyāyatastasya kālena mahatā tataḥ | tutoṣa bhagavānsūryo vākyametaduvāca ha

Translation

Khi ông cứ như thế mà thiền định trong một thời gian rất lâu, bậc Thế Tôn Sūrya hoan hỷ và cất lời như sau.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = adverb ‘thus/in this manner’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = and

• dhyāyataḥ: of (him) meditating
• dhyāyataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyai (धातु) + dhyāyat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी एकवचन = genitive singular ‘of (him) meditating’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी एकवचन = genitive singular ‘of him’

• kālena: with time; in course of time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन = instrumental singular ‘with/by time’

• mahatā: great; long
• mahatā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन = instrumental singular; qualifies kālena

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = then/thereupon

• tutoṣa: was pleased
• tutoṣa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन = was pleased

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन = nominative singular

• sūryaḥ: the Sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन = nominative singular; apposition to bhagavān

• vākyam: speech; words
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन = accusative singular

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन = accusative singular; qualifies vākyam

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन = said

• ha: indeed; (emphatic particle)
• ha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; स्मरण/खलु-अर्थे) = particle, often expletive/emphatic

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; introduces Sūrya’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a long period of meditation, the solar radiance intensifies; Sūrya, personified and majestic, turns toward the ascetic and begins to speak, the air shimmering with light.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent meditation and devotion ripen into divine satisfaction and direct guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, the famed sacred region celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it highlights sustained dhyāna leading to Sūrya’s pleasure.