Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सूर्यस्य देवि नामानि रहस्यानि शृणुश्व मे । अलं नामसहस्रेण पठस्वैनं शुभं स्तवम्

Transliteration

sūryasya devi nāmāni rahasyāni śṛṇuśva me | alaṃ nāmasahasreṇa paṭhasvainaṃ śubhaṃ stavam

Translation

Ô Déesse, écoute-moi : les noms secrets de Sūrya. Assez des mille noms ; récite plutôt cet hymne de bon augure.

Word by Word

• sūryasya: of the Sun
• sūryasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• nāmāni: names
• nāmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म (hear)

• rahasyāni: secret/mystic
• rahasyāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; नामानि इति विशेषण

• śṛṇu: hear
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śva: pray/indeed
• śva: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (enclitic particle) — आग्रह/सम्बोधन-समर्थक; (शृणु + श्व)

• me: my/from me
• me: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of me)

• alam: enough; (no need)
• alam: Discourse/Modal marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्त्यर्थक/निषेधार्थक अव्यय; अत्र—"enough (with)"

• nāma-sahasreṇa: with the thousand names
• nāma-sahasreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāma (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नाम्नां सहस्रम्); करण

• paṭhasva: recite
• paṭhasva: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• enam: this (him/it)
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; स्तवम् इति विशेषण

• stavam: hymn
• stavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing a देवी, likely Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-nāma-rahasya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’, ‘varānanā’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator gestures as if to begin a hymn; Devī listens; a manuscript or rosary is present; Sūrya’s emblem shines above, indicating the ‘secret names’ about to be recited.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Devī
• Nāmasahasra
• Stava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused, potent praise (stotra) can be presented as more practical and effective than sheer length of recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, aligning Sūrya praise with Prabhāsa’s sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation (pāṭha) of an auspicious Sūrya-stava, preferred over a lengthy nāmasahasra in this context.