Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

गायत्र्या लक्षजाप्येन सम्यग्जप्तेन यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति स्तोत्रस्यास्य उदीरणात्

Transliteration

gāyatryā lakṣajāpyena samyagjaptena yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti stotrasyāsya udīraṇāt

Translation

El fruto que se obtiene al repetir correctamente la Gāyatrī cien mil veces, ese mismo fruto se alcanza con la recitación de este himno.

Word by Word

• गायत्र्या: by (the) Gāyatrī (mantra)
• गायत्र्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• लक्षजाप्येन: by (its) one-lakh repetition
• लक्षजाप्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः (lakṣa-jāpya = repetition of one lakh)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• जप्तेन: by (it) having been recited
• जप्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘जप्त’ = recited

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: attains/obtains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्तोत्रस्य: of the hymn
• स्तोत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; निर्देशक (this)

• उदीरणात्: from/through the utterance (recitation)
• उदीरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + ईर् (धातु) → उदीरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (act of uttering)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bāla-Brahmā stotra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation at Prabhāsa recites the Brahmā-stotra; a subtle overlay shows the vastness of lakṣa-japa condensed into a single hymn—light radiating from syllables.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Stotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation (stotra) is upheld as a potent, concentrated spiritual practice comparable to extensive mantra-japa.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where such recitation is framed as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Udīraṇa (recitation) of the specified stotra is recommended, with its merit likened to a lakh of Gāyatrī japa.