Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

मानसं वाचिकं चैव कायिकं चैव दुष्कृतम् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति मम स्तोत्राऽनु कीर्तनात्

Transliteration

mānasaṃ vācikaṃ caiva kāyikaṃ caiva duṣkṛtam | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti mama stotrā'nu kīrtanāt

Translation

മാനസികവും വാചികവും കായികവും ആയ എല്ലാ ദുഷ്കൃത്യങ്ങളും എന്റെ സ്തോത്രം ഭക്തിയോടെ അനുകീർത്തനം ചെയ്‌താൽ നശിച്ചുപോകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• मानसम्: mental
• मानसम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• वाचिकम्: verbal
• वाचिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avadharana/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed)

• कायिकम्: bodily
• कायिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कायिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avadharana/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed)

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed/sin
• दुष्कृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक; दुष् + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Anuvada (Referent/अनुवाद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter nom/acc sg: that)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (masc acc sg)

• आयाति: goes/comes to
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (present, 3rd sg, active)

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive sg: of me)

• स्तोत्रानुकीर्तनात्: from the chanting of (my) hymn
• स्तोत्रानुकीर्तनात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र + अनुकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक; स्तोत्र + अनु + कीर्तन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ अपादानार्थः (ablative sg: from/because of)

Speaker

The presiding deity of Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṛṣṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites a hymn; above the head, speech, and hands appear subtle symbolic streams being cleansed—dark knots dissolving into light—signifying purification of mind, word, and deed.

Characters & Entities

• stotra (hymn)
• duṣkṛta (sin)
• threefold karma (mind, speech, body)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional sound (stotra-kīrtana) purifies the whole person—thought, speech, and action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is given within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya setting, linking stotra-recitation to Prabhāsa’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anu-kīrtana (repeated recitation/chanting) of the deity’s stotra.