Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

त्वया प्रोक्तं मम स्तोत्रं ये पठि ष्यंति मानवाः । पुरुषाश्च स्त्रियो वापि मद्भयेनोपपीडिताः

Transliteration

tvayā proktaṃ mama stotraṃ ye paṭhi ṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | puruṣāśca striyo vāpi madbhayenopapīḍitāḥ

Translation

وأمّا النشيد الذي ألّفتَه في مدحي—فإنّ من يتلوه من الناس، رجلًا كان أو امرأة، إذا ضاق به الخوف منّي،

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम

• proktam: spoken; uttered
• proktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra (उपसर्ग) + vac (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय) / prokta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/ta), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (stotram)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम

• stotram: hymn
• stotram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject of paṭhiṣyanti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• paṭhiṣyanti: will recite/read
• paṭhiṣyanti: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• mānavāḥ: people; humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Apposition to ye)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• puruṣāḥ: men
• puruṣāḥ: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = ‘also/even’ (particle)

• mat-bhayena: by fear of me
• mat-bhayena: Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम भयेन)

• upapīḍitāḥ: afflicted; oppressed
• upapīḍitāḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa (उपसर्ग) + pīḍ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/ta), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (puruṣāḥ/striyaḥ)

Speaker

Śani

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (frame audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śani declares the fruit of Daśaratha’s composed hymn: any man or woman oppressed by fear of Śani gains relief through recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Śani
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural recitation (stotra-japa) is presented as an accessible remedy for fear and suffering caused by graha influences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context remains Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, associating devotional remedies with the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of Śani’s stotra, explicitly open to both men and women.