Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

सप्तमंत्ररहस्यं च यत्कृतं स्तवनं मम । अनेन पठ्यमानेन सप्तमंत्रफलं भवेत्

Transliteration

saptamaṃtrarahasyaṃ ca yatkṛtaṃ stavanaṃ mama | anena paṭhyamānena saptamaṃtraphalaṃ bhavet

Translation

Das Geheimnis der sieben Mantras ist in diesem meinen Lobgesang verkörpert. Wird er rezitiert, bringt er die Frucht der Sieben-Mantra-Praxis selbst hervor.

Word by Word

• सप्तमन्त्ररहस्यम्: the secret of the seven-mantra (set)
• सप्तमन्त्ररहस्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + मन्त्र + रहस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सप्तमन्त्रस्य रहस्यम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कृतम्: made, composed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘यत्’/‘स्तवनम्’ विशेषणम्

• स्तवनम्: hymn, praise
• स्तवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करणत्वे (instrumental)

• पठ्यमानेन: when (it is) being recited
• पठ्यमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पठ् (धातु) → पठ्यमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/मान), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; ‘अनेन’ सह—‘when/while being recited’

• सप्तमन्त्रफलम्: the fruit of the seven-mantra (practice)
• सप्तमन्त्रफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + मन्त्र + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सप्तमन्त्रस्य फलम्)

• भवेत्: would be, may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara/Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotee figure in episode (Kālabhīti) and the broader audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites a secret hymn before a radiant liṅga; subtle glyph-like mantra-forms appear as light around the shrine, suggesting sevenfold mantra power condensed into one stotra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mantra
• Stavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation (stotra) can concentrate and confer the same spiritual efficacy as more complex mantra disciplines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a mantra/stotra-centered phalaśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular recitation of the hymn is recommended, promising the fruit of the “seven-mantra” practice.