Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तस्याहं कथयिष्यामि नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम् । प्रदत्त्वा च पठित्वा च यज्ञायुतफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tasyāhaṃ kathayiṣyāmi nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam | pradattvā ca paṭhitvā ca yajñāyutaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Nun werde ich Seine hundertacht Namen verkünden. Wer sie (einem Würdigen) darbringt und sie rezitiert, erlangt Verdienst gleich dem von zehntausend Opfern.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (him/it)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कथयिष्यामि: I will narrate/tell
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; कथयति—णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नाम्नाम्: of names
• नाम्नाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अष्टोत्तरम्: (amounting to) eight more (i.e., 108)
• अष्टोत्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रदत्त्वा: having given (as a gift)
• प्रदत्त्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

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

• पठित्वा: having recited/read
• पठित्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

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

• यज्ञायुतफलम्: the merit equal to ten thousand sacrifices
• यज्ञायुतफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + अयुत + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समास (yajña-āyuta-phala = fruit equal to ten-thousand sacrifices)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bāla-Brahmā aṣṭottara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda prepares to recite the 108 names; a scribe or devotee offers a palm-leaf manuscript as dāna; ritual setting suggests a yajña-like sanctity without fire sacrifice.

Characters & Entities

• 108 Names (Aṣṭottara-śata-nāma)
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred name-recitation and the respectful transmission of hymns are presented as powerful, accessible equivalents to vast sacrificial rites.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The promise is situated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya context, implying enhanced merit in that sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the 108 names and also ‘give’/teach the hymn to a worthy recipient; both acts yield great merit.