Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रेणानेन देवेशि सर्वविघ्नांतकेन वै । समाराध्य गणाध्यक्षः प्रभासक्षेत्ररक्षकः

Transliteration

stotreṇānena deveśi sarvavighnāṃtakena vai | samārādhya gaṇādhyakṣaḥ prabhāsakṣetrarakṣakaḥ

Translation

يا سيّدة الآلهة، بتقريبه بهذا النشيد—وهو حقّاً مُهلكُ كلّ العوائق—يصير سيّد الغَنات (Gaṇādhyakṣa) حامياً لبرابهاسَكشيترا (Prabhāsakṣetra).

Word by Word

• स्तोत्रेण: by/with the hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular pronoun)

• देवेशि: O goddess (lady of the gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th) विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• सर्वविघ्नान्तकेन: by the destroyer of all obstacles
• सर्वविघ्नान्तकेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + विघ्न + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थः (all-obstacle-destroyer)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• समाराध्य: having propitiated/worshipped
• समाराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; धातुः—राध्, उपसर्गाः—सम्+आ

• गणाध्यक्षः: the leader of the gaṇas
• गणाध्यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण + अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (leader of the gaṇas)

• प्रभासक्षेत्ररक्षकः: protector of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्ररक्षकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र + रक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (protector of Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrator addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (under Gaṇādhyakṣa protection)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Deveśī (Devī) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇeśa enthroned as Gaṇādhyakṣa at the gateway of Prabhāsa, holding modaka and pāśa, with a protective aura encircling the kṣetra; devotees chant a hymn, and dark ‘vighnas’ dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇādhyakṣa (Gaṇeśa)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Stotra (devotional hymn) is presented as an effective dharmic means to remove vighnas and secure divine guardianship over one’s sacred journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, explicitly described as being protected by Gaṇādhyakṣa when worshipped through this stotra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/use of “this stotra” to propitiate Gaṇādhyakṣa (Gaṇeśa) for removal of obstacles and protection.