Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मी शांतिकरी गौरी ब्रह्मण्या ब्राह्मणप्रिया । भद्रा भगवती कृष्णा ग्रहनक्षत्रमालिनी

Transliteration

brāhmī śāṃtikarī gaurī brahmaṇyā brāhmaṇapriyā | bhadrā bhagavatī kṛṣṇā grahanakṣatramālinī

Translation

അവൾ ബ്രാഹ്മീ—ശാന്തികരിണി; അവൾ ഗൗരി—ധർമ്മരക്ഷകി, ബ്രാഹ്മണപ്രിയ. അവൾ ഭദ്രാ, ഭഗവതി; അവൾ കൃഷ്ണാ, ഗ്രഹ-നക്ഷത്രമാല ധരിക്കുന്നവൾ.

Word by Word

• brāhmī: Brāhmī
• brāhmī: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śāṃtikarī: peace-bestowing
• śāṃtikarī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक) + karī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (śāntiṃ karoti iti)

• gaurī: Gaurī
• gaurī: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• brahmaṇyā: devoted to Brahman / favorable to Brahmins
• brahmaṇyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (brahmaṇya-ā)

• brāhmaṇapriyā: beloved of Brahmins
• brāhmaṇapriyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (brāhmaṇasya priyā)

• bhadrā: auspicious
• bhadrā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhagavatī: the Blessed Goddess
• bhagavatī: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇā: dark-hued
• kṛṣṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• grahanakṣatramālinī: garlanded with planets and stars
• grahanakṣatramālinī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक) + nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + mālinī (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (graha-nakṣatrāṇāṃ mālinī)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī as Brāhmī-Gaurī stands in a temple courtyard with calm blessing gesture; around her neck a garland formed of miniature planets and star clusters. To one side, brāhmaṇas recite Veda; to the other, pilgrims offer lamps for peace. Her complexion alternates symbolically: Gaurī’s radiance and Kṛṣṇā’s deep cosmic hue, suggesting day-night and manifest-unmanifest.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmī
• Gaurī
• Bhagavatī
• Graha
• Nakṣatra
• Caṇḍikā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Peace, auspiciousness, and cosmic harmony are seen as expressions of the Goddess’s protective sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred landscape in which this stotra is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it continues the devotional naming, which functions as stotra/japa.