Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अन्योपि यः शुचिर्भूत्वा नित्यमेतां स्तुतिं जपेत् । अचिरात्तस्य देवर्षिः प्रसादं कुरुते परम्

Transliteration

anyopi yaḥ śucirbhūtvā nityametāṃ stutiṃ japet | acirāttasya devarṣiḥ prasādaṃ kurute param

Translation

Y cualquiera que, purificándose, recite con constancia esta alabanza, el devarṣi Nārada pronto le otorga la gracia suprema.

Word by Word

• anyaḥ: another person
• anyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also/even)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having become)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• etām: this
• etām: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (demonstrative)

• stutim: praise/hymn
• stutim: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• japet: should recite
• japet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• acirāt: soon
• acirāt: Sambandha (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: acira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: soon/within short time), पञ्चमी-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• deva-ṛṣiḥ: the divine sage
• deva-ṛṣiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (देवः ऋषिः)

• prasādam: grace/favor
• prasādam: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kurute: bestows/makes
• kurute: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• param: supreme
• param: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘prasādam’ विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator in Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition), continuing the instruction

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and steady daily recitation of sacred praise quickly attract the grace of a realized divine sage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights the power of Nārada’s hymn; the chapter context later connects it with Nārada’s sacred well (Nārada-kūpa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To become śuci (ritually/ethically purified) and perform nitya-japa of the stuti.