Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

गायत्र्या लक्षजाप्येन सम्यग्जप्तेन यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति स्तोत्रस्यास्य उदीरणात्

Transliteration

gāyatryā lakṣajāpyena samyagjaptena yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti stotrasyāsya udīraṇāt

Translation

ഗായത്രിയുടെ ലക്ഷജപം സമ്യകായി ജപിച്ചതാൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലം ഏതോ, ഈ സ്തോത്രം ഉച്ചരിച്ചതാൽ അതേ ഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• गायत्र्या: by (the) Gāyatrī (mantra)
• गायत्र्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• लक्षजाप्येन: by (its) one-lakh repetition
• लक्षजाप्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः (lakṣa-jāpya = repetition of one lakh)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• जप्तेन: by (it) having been recited
• जप्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘जप्त’ = recited

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: attains/obtains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्तोत्रस्य: of the hymn
• स्तोत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; निर्देशक (this)

• उदीरणात्: from/through the utterance (recitation)
• उदीरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + ईर् (धातु) → उदीरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (act of uttering)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bāla-Brahmā stotra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation at Prabhāsa recites the Brahmā-stotra; a subtle overlay shows the vastness of lakṣa-japa condensed into a single hymn—light radiating from syllables.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Stotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation (stotra) is upheld as a potent, concentrated spiritual practice comparable to extensive mantra-japa.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where such recitation is framed as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Udīraṇa (recitation) of the specified stotra is recommended, with its merit likened to a lakh of Gāyatrī japa.