Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दैत्यानां घातकं स्तोत्रं वाचयेच्च पुनः पुनः । एकाग्रमानसो भूत्वा श्रीमातरं स्तुवीय यः

Transliteration

daityānāṃ ghātakaṃ stotraṃ vācayecca punaḥ punaḥ | ekāgramānaso bhūtvā śrīmātaraṃ stuvīya yaḥ

Translation

Qu’on fasse réciter, encore et encore, l’hymne qui terrasse les Dāitya. Celui qui, l’esprit devenu d’un seul point, loue ainsi Śrīmātā…

Word by Word

• दैत्यानाम्: of the daityas (demons)
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• घातकम्: destroying/slaying
• घातकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—(स्तोत्रम्) Accusative singular adjective

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• वाचयेत्: should recite/arrange recitation
• वाचयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘should cause to be recited/should recite’

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

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again)

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—पुनरुक्ति द्वारा आवृत्तिबोध (adverb: repeatedly)

• एकाग्रमानसः: one whose mind is concentrated
• एकाग्रमानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाग्र + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एकाग्रं मानसम् यस्य) ‘one-pointed-minded’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having become’

• श्रीमातरम्: Śrīmātā (the auspicious Mother)
• श्रीमातरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्रियाः माता) Accusative singular

• स्तुवीय: should praise
• स्तुवीय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should praise’

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-यः (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation posture, rosary in hand, reciting a powerful hymn before Śrīmātā; behind the Goddess, symbolic daityas dissolve into light, indicating obstacle-destruction through stotra-śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Dāitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused, repeated praise of the Goddess becomes a spiritual protection and a force that overcomes hostile powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is on stotra-recitation within the Dharmāraṇya framework, not on a particular named pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the Daitya-slaying hymn repeatedly, with a one-pointed mind, praising Śrīmātā.