Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रसादयामास तदा स्तुत्वा स्तोत्रैरनेकधा

Transliteration

prasādayāmāsa tadā stutvā stotrairanekadhā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവൻ പലവിധ സ്തോത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്തുതിച്ച് ദേവനെ പ്രസന്നനാക്കി.

Word by Word

• प्रसादयामास: propitiated/pleased
• प्रसादयामास: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु) / प्रसादय् (णिच्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच् (causative) अर्थे ‘to propitiate’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• स्तोत्रैः: with hymns
• स्तोत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prābhāsika-kṣetra (worship locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba stands before the radiant Bhāskara, hands folded, chanting multiple hymns; the air seems filled with syllables and light, offerings arranged neatly.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Bhāskara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) is a direct means of invoking divine favor, especially at a consecrated tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śivapura/Brahmabhāga context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/singing of hymns (stotra) as a form of worship.