Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एतद्वै कीर्तनीयस्य सूर्यस्यामिततेजसः । नाम्नामष्टोत्तरशतं प्रोक्तं शक्रेण धीमता

Transliteration

etadvai kīrtanīyasya sūryasyāmitatejasaḥ | nāmnāmaṣṭottaraśataṃ proktaṃ śakreṇa dhīmatā

Translation

Ainsi, du Sūrya digne d’être loué sans cesse—à l’éclat sans mesure—furent proclamés ses cent huit noms, énoncés par le sage Śakra (Indra).

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• kīrtanīyasya: of (him) who is to be praised
• kīrtanīyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrtanīya (कृदन्त; √कीर्त्/√कीर् (धातु) + अनीयर्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनीयर्-प्रत्यय (gerundive): ‘to be praised/recited’

• sūryasya: of the Sun
• sūryasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• amita-tejasaḥ: of immeasurable splendor
• amita-tejasaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: अमितं तेजः यस्य / अमिततेजस् (bahuvrīhi sense used adjectivally)

• nāmnām: of names
• nāmnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• aṣṭottaraśatam: a hundred and eight
• aṣṭottaraśatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: अष्टोत्तरं शतम् (=108)

• proktam: said; proclaimed
• proktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prokta (कृदन्त; प्र√वच्/√वच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• śakreṇa: by Śakra (Indra)
• śakreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• dhīmatā: by the wise (one)
• dhīmatā: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, following Indra’s recitation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra), radiant and regal, formally proclaims the 108 names of Sūrya; the Sun is envisioned as immeasurable splendor behind him, like a blazing disc with lotus rays.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Śakra (Indra)
• Aṣṭottaraśata (108)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine remembrance through nāma-kīrtana is upheld as a complete act of devotion; Sūrya’s limitless radiance is approached through the discipline of sacred names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the tīrtha-context in which this 108-name praise is framed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation (kīrtana/japa) of Sūrya’s aṣṭottaraśata-nāma (108 names) is indicated as the central devotional practice.