Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्स्तोत्रं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि येनाहं तुष्टिमागतः

Transliteration

tatstotraṃ te pravakṣyāmi yenāhaṃ tuṣṭimāgataḥ

Translation

Je te proclamerai ce même hymne—par lui j’ai obtenu la satisfaction et la joie intérieure.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; निर्देशक-विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; demonstrative)

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive, Singular; to you/for you—contextually dative sense possible)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम् (Simple Future, 1st person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोगः (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular; by which)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Nominative, Singular)

• तुष्टिम्: satisfaction, contentment
• तुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• आगतः: have attained
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक-विशेषणम् (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; having attained)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing the forthcoming stotra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhruveśvara (stotra-linked)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva prepares to recite/teach a sacred hymn; Devī listens attentively; the atmosphere is charged with mantra-power, as if the words themselves will manifest light around the Dhruveśvara shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (implied)
• Dhruva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas transmit saving hymns through lineage and narration; hearing the stotra is itself presented as spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The stotra is framed within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking hymn and place-glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa and pāṭha of a stotra (hearing/reciting a hymn) is implied as a devotional practice.