Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इति स्तुतः सुरैरग्रे पूज्यसे त्वं भवात्मज । त्वामाराध्य गणाध्यक्षमिभवक्त्रसमप्रभम्

Transliteration

iti stutaḥ surairagre pūjyase tvaṃ bhavātmaja | tvāmārādhya gaṇādhyakṣamibhavaktrasamaprabham

Translation

ദേവന്മാരുടെ സന്നിധിയിൽ ഇങ്ങനെ സ്തുതിക്കപ്പെട്ട്, ഹേ ഭവാത്മജാ, നീ പൂജിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഗണാധ്യക്ഷാ, ഗജമുഖസമപ്രഭനേ, നിന്നെ ആരാധിച്ചാൽ (ഭക്തന്റെ അഭീഷ്ടം സിദ്ധിക്കുന്നു)।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थे (quotative particle: “thus”)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Karta (of implied passive state/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (past passive participle: “praised”)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• अग्रे: in front; first
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावप्राय प्रयोग; सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (locative used adverbially: “in front/first”)

• पूज्यसे: you are worshipped
• पूज्यसे: Karma (Patient in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (you are worshipped)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• भवात्मज: O son of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवात्मज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भवस्य आत्मजः = son of Bhava/Śiva)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) → आराध्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): “having worshipped/propitiated”

• गणाध्यक्षम्: the leader of the gaṇas
• गणाध्यक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गणानाम् अध्यक्षः = leader of the gaṇas)

• इभवक्त्रसमप्रभम्: of splendor equal to an elephant-face
• इभवक्त्रसमप्रभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इभ (प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (इभवक्त्रस्य समा प्रभा यस्य = having splendor equal to an elephant-face)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; likely the Devas’ praise recorded by the Prabhāsa-māhātmya narrator.

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a divine assembly, suras praise Vināyaka; he is honored as Bhava’s son and Gaṇādhyakṣa, radiant with elephant-faced splendor; devotees approach to propitiate him.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Devas
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vināyaka, as Śiva’s son and lord of the Gaṇas, is worthy of foremost worship; propitiation brings auspicious completion of aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for the Vināyaka-stotra within the Prabhāsa māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional propitiation) of Vināyaka is implied as the recommended practice.