Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नमो विशालनेत्राय शुष्कोदरभयान क । नमः परुषगात्राय स्थूलरोमाय वै नमः

Transliteration

namo viśālanetrāya śuṣkodarabhayāna ka | namaḥ paruṣagātrāya sthūlaromāya vai namaḥ

Translation

വിശാല നേത്രധാരിയേ, ശുഷ്ക ഉദരത്തോടെ ഭയങ്കരനേ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം. കരടായ അവയവങ്ങളുള്ളവനേ, ഘന രോമമുള്ളവനേ, നിനക്കു വീണ്ടും നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थक

• विशालनेत्राय: to (him) with large eyes
• विशालनेत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशाल + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• शुष्कोदरभयानक: to (him) terrifying with a dried-up belly
• शुष्कोदरभयानक: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्क + उदर + भयानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular) (पाठानुसार भयानकः/भयानकाय अपेक्षित; अत्र समासान्त-रूपम्); विशेषण

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थक

• परुषगात्राय: to (him) of harsh/rough limbs
• परुषगात्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• स्थूलरोमाय: to (him) with thick hair
• स्थूलरोमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूल + रोमान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थक

Speaker

Narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the māhātmya to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the māhātmya; immediate listener within story is the fearsome being addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king continues his stuti: the being has wide eyes, a terrifying withered belly, rough limbs, and thick hair—an embodiment of austerity and dread, yet addressed as worthy of worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara (Saturn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility before karmic law: even the fearsome graha is approached through reverent praise, turning dread into disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa as a merit-giving sacred landscape where stotras and worship bear intensified fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a stotra-line used for Śanaiścara-namaskāra (propitiatory praise).