Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

इत्येवं नामभिर्दिव्यैः स्तव एष उदीरितः । यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि पितामहकृतं स्तवम्

Transliteration

ityevaṃ nāmabhirdivyaiḥ stava eṣa udīritaḥ | yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi pitāmahakṛtaṃ stavam

Translation

So ist dieser Hymnus durch göttliche Namen verkündet worden. Wer ihn rezitiert—oder auch nur hört—diesen von dem Großvater der Welt (Brahmā) verfassten Hymnus…

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• नामभिः: by names
• नामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• दिव्यैः: divine
• दिव्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (नामभिः)

• स्तवः: hymn
• स्तवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उदीरितः: has been uttered/declared
• उदीरितः: Kriya (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + ईर् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: Kriya (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शृणुयात्: should listen
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle/or)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (also/even)

• पितामहकृतम्: made by Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहकृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितामह + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पितामहेन कृतम्); कृत = √कृ (क्त)

• स्तवम्: hymn
• स्तवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced), summarizing the stuti and its phala (benefit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or Brahmā-like figure proclaiming the hymn; listeners seated in reverent rows; the words visualized as luminous syllables rising like a garland toward Śiva’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Stava (hymn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sound transmits merit: recitation and even attentive hearing of divine hymns is a recognized purificatory practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the hymn’s efficacy reinforces the sanctity of the Mahī-nagara liṅga and the chapter’s Prabhāsa-region tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha (recitation) and śravaṇa (hearing) of the Pitāmaha (Brahmā)-composed stava are prescribed as meritorious acts.