Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रेणानेन यो मर्त्यो मां स्तविष्यति भक्तितः । कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यामाश्विने मुनिसत्तम

Transliteration

stotreṇānena yo martyo māṃ staviṣyati bhaktitaḥ | kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmāśvine munisattama

Translation

يا أفضلَ الحكماء، أيُّ إنسانٍ فانٍ يسبّحني بهذا النشيد بتعبّدٍ في يومِ تشاتورداشي (اليوم الرابع عشر) من النصفِ المظلم (كريشنا-باكشا) في شهرِ آشوينا—ينالُ أجرًا روحيًّا عظيمًا.

Word by Word

• stotreṇa: with (this) hymn
• stotreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (to stotreṇa)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• martyaḥ: a mortal
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• staviṣyati: will praise
• staviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (स्तु धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaktitaḥ: out of devotion
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (as cause: out of devotion)

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) + pakṣa (पक्ष)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृष्णः पक्षः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• āśvine: in Āśvina (month)
• āśvine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśvina (आश्विन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक-विशेषण (in the month of Āśvina)

• munisattama: O best of sages
• munisattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि) + sattama (सत्तम)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनीनां सत्तमः); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara/Arbuda-kṣetra (stotra-kāla)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni-sattama (best of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites a hymn before a liṅga on a dark-fortnight fourteenth night in Āśvina; lamps flicker, the sky is moonless or thin-moon, atmosphere of vrata and focused devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Āśvina
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stotra) offered at an auspicious tithi becomes a direct means to earn merit and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred region, in the context of the Acaleśvara-liṅga Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/praise of Śiva with this stotra on Āśvina kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī.