Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

इमं स्तवं देववरस्य यो नरः प्रकीर्त्तयेच्छुद्धमनाः समाहितः । स मुच्यते शोकदवाग्निसाराल्लभेत कामान्मनसा यथेप्सितान्

Transliteration

imaṃ stavaṃ devavarasya yo naraḥ prakīrttayecchuddhamanāḥ samāhitaḥ | sa mucyate śokadavāgnisārāllabheta kāmānmanasā yathepsitān

Translation

ശുദ്ധവും ഏകാഗ്രവുമായ മനസ്സോടെ ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠന്റെ ഈ സ്തവം കീർത്തിക്കുന്നവൻ ദുഃഖരൂപ ദാവാഗ്നിയിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനായി, ഹൃദയം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന വരങ്ങൾ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of stavam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्तवम्: hymn
• स्तवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देववरस्य: of the best of gods
• देववरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (देवः स वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रकीर्तयेत्: should proclaim/recite
• प्रकीर्तयेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुद्धमनाः: pure-minded
• शुद्धमनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier of yaḥ/naraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (शुद्धं मनः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समाहितः: composed
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier of yaḥ/naraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• शोकदवाग्निसारात्: from the forest-fire-like essence of grief
• शोकदवाग्निसारात्: Apadana (Source/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + दव (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शोकः एव दवाग्निः; तस्मात् सारात्), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• लभेत: would obtain
• लभेत: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कामान्: desired objects
• कामान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मनसा: by mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/according as)

• ईप्सितान्: desired
• ईप्सितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier of kāmān)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आप्/ईप्स् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘desired’

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context; likely Śiva to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Cyavana-Āditya/Sūrya-stava context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary devotee with folded hands recites a radiant hymn before a divine presence; sorrow is visualized as a dark forest-fire being quenched by a cool golden light emanating from the deity and the mantra-sound.

Characters & Entities

• Devavara (Sūrya implied)
• Stava (hymn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure-hearted praise (stuti) transforms inner suffering and supports the attainment of rightful aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is delivered within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, tying the hymn’s power to the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite/proclaim the stava with śuddha-manas (purity) and samādhāna (steady attention).