Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । नमः परमकल्याणकल्याणायात्मयोगिने । जनार्द्दनाय देवाय श्रीधराय च वेधसे

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | namaḥ paramakalyāṇakalyāṇāyātmayogine | janārddanāya devāya śrīdharāya ca vedhase

Translation

Die Weisen sprachen: Ehrerbietung dem Höchstauspiziösen, dem Heil aller Heilsamkeit, dem Herrn, der im Yoga des Selbst gegründet ist; Ehrerbietung dem göttlichen Janārdana, Śrīdhara und Vedhasa, dem Ordner des Alls.

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (salutation as fixed exclamation)

• परम-कल्याण-कल्याणाय: to the supremely auspicious (one)
• परम-कल्याण-कल्याणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्याण (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्याण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—विशेषणपूर्वक तत्पुरुषः (parama qualifies kalyāṇa; kalyāṇa-kalyāṇa as intensifying/attributive)

• आत्म-योगिने: to the yogin of the Self
• आत्म-योगिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; योगिन्-शब्दः (i-stem)

• जनार्द्दनाय: to Janārdana
• जनार्द्दनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• देवाय: to the god
• देवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• श्रीधराय: to Śrīdhara
• श्रीधराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

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

• वेधसे: to the Creator (Vedhas)
• वेधसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; वेधस्-शब्दः (as-stem)

Speaker

Ṛṣis

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Keśava (addressed); Devī remains the meta-listener of the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages in a semicircle offer salutations; Keśava appears serene, radiant, embodying auspiciousness; subtle iconographic cues show Śrī (Lakṣmī) at His chest and a cosmic order motif behind Him.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Śrīdhara
• Vedhas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is praised as the source of all auspiciousness; devotion and right praise align the mind with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the setting where the sages offer this stotra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymnic praise) is the practice shown; no formal rite is specified.