Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इदं स्तोत्रवरं दिव्यं रहस्यं पापनाशनम् । न देयं दुष्टबुद्धीनां निन्दकानां तथैव च

Transliteration

idaṃ stotravaraṃ divyaṃ rahasyaṃ pāpanāśanam | na deyaṃ duṣṭabuddhīnāṃ nindakānāṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

Cet hymne excellent est divin, secret et destructeur de péché. Il ne doit pas être donné à ceux qui ont une intention mauvaise, ni aux dénigreurs.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshya (Subject complement/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशक (this)

• स्तोत्रवरम्: the excellent hymn
• स्तोत्रवरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (excellent hymn)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• रहस्यम्: secret/esoteric
• रहस्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पापनाशनम्: destroying sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (destroyer of sins)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• देयम्: to be given (should be given)
• देयम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → देय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘देयम्’ = should be given

• दुष्टबुद्धीनाम्: of/for the wicked-minded (people)
• दुष्टबुद्धीनाम्: Sampradana (Recipient—negated/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (those whose intellect is wicked)

• निन्दकानाम्: of/for the slanderers
• निन्दकानाम्: Sampradana (Recipient—negated/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निन्दक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: in that manner)

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

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

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage transmits a palm-leaf hymn in a secluded tīrtha grove; a protective gesture indicates secrecy, while shadowy figures of slanderers are kept at a distance.

Characters & Entities

• Stotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is to be shared with discernment; purity of intention and respect are prerequisites for receiving powerful hymns.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The hymn’s authority is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A restriction on dāna/teaching of the stotra: withhold it from ill-intentioned persons and slanderers.