Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

सम्यक्स्तुता त्वया पुत्र अजेयस्त्वं भविष्यसि । अवतारे सदा वत्स पितृमातृसु वल्लभः

Transliteration

samyakstutā tvayā putra ajeyastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | avatāre sadā vatsa pitṛmātṛsu vallabhaḥ

Translation

പുത്രാ, നീ എന്നെ യഥാവിധി സ്തുതിച്ചു; നീ അജേയനാകും. വത്സാ, നിന്റെ അവതാരങ്ങളിൽ സദാ പിതാമാതാക്കൾക്ക് പ്രിയനായിരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्तुता: praised
• स्तुता: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (स्तुता = praised)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास (negation)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अवतारे: in (your) incarnation
• अवतारे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avatāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• वत्स: O dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पितृ-मातृसु: among (your) father and mother / with parents
• पितृ-मातृसु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/युग्म), सप्तमी, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (parents)

• वल्लभः: beloved
• वल्लभः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī/Devī, radiant and maternal, blesses Viṣṇu as ‘son’, granting invincibility and affectionate acceptance in future avatāras; gesture of boon (varada-mudrā) and protective assurance.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Viṣṇu
• Avatāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere hymn and humility bear fruit: divine grace grants strength and social harmony (being beloved and dharmic in the world).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon narrative is framed within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, reinforcing the site as a field where stotra yields siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is continual praise/recitation of the Goddess’s stotra to obtain protection and success.