Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

शरीरारोग्यदश्चैव धनवृद्धियशस्करः । स्तवराज इति ख्यातस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः

Transliteration

śarīrārogyadaścaiva dhanavṛddhiyaśaskaraḥ | stavarāja iti khyātastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

Translation

Er verleiht leibliche Gesundheit, mehrt den Reichtum und schenkt Ruhm. Als „König der Hymnen“ ist er in den drei Welten weithin berühmt.

Word by Word

• शरीरारोग्यदः: giver of bodily health
• शरीरारोग्यदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (√दा धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शरीरस्य आरोग्यं ददाति इति)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• धनवृद्धियशस्करः: maker of wealth-increase and fame
• धनवृद्धियशस्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + यशस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (√कृ धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (धनवृद्धिं यशश्च करोति इति)

• स्तवराजः: king of hymns (best hymn)
• स्तवराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक) + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्तवानां राजा)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातः: known/renowned
• ख्यातः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ख्या (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थः—प्रसिद्धः (renowned)

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• विश्रुतः: widely renowned
• विश्रुतः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थः—प्रख्यातः (widely famed)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee recites the ‘king of hymns’ before Sūrya; rays touch the devotee’s body as symbols of healing; Lakṣmī-like prosperity motifs (coins, grains) and a laurel of fame appear allegorically.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Triloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise is presented as both spiritually purifying and practically beneficent, aligning wellbeing with dharmic worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where this stava is taught as a famed, merit-producing practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse functions as phalaśruti—affirming the results of reciting the stava (health, prosperity, fame).