Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मृत्युंजयं जपेल्लक्षं स समीहितमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

mṛtyuṃjayaṃ japellakṣaṃ sa samīhitamāpnuyāt

Translation

जो मृत्युंजय मंत्र का एक लाख जप करता है, वह अपना इच्छित फल प्राप्त करता है।

Word by Word

• मृत्युञ्जयम्: Mṛtyuñjaya (the death-conquering mantra/name)
• मृत्युञ्जयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु + जय (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—मृत्युञ्जय = मृत्युम् जयति इति (नाम)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लक्षम्: a hundred thousand (times)
• लक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (one hundred thousand)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समीहितम्: the desired (result)
• समीहितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीहित (सम् + √ईह् धातु; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘desired’ (इष्टम्)

• आप्नुयात्: would obtain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate section context; explicit speaker appears at 49.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śiva domain)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhaka seated before a liṅga, counting rudrākṣa beads; the words ‘mṛtyuṃjaya’ seem to radiate as a protective aura, with a sense of conquering fear and decay.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛtyuṃjaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady mantra-japa, especially of Mṛtyuṃjaya, is presented as a direct means to fulfill righteous aims through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, in the context of Śukreśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the Mṛtyuṃjaya mantra totaling one lakṣa (100,000) repetitions.