Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सहोवाच तदा देवि भक्त्या संस्तुत्य मां शुभे

Transliteration

sahovāca tadā devi bhaktyā saṃstutya māṃ śubhe

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവൻ പറഞ്ഞു, ഹേ ദേവീ—ഹേ ശുഭേ, ഭക്തിയോടെ എന്നെ സ്തുതിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• सह: thereupon
• सह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सहकारार्थक-अव्ययम्; अत्र ‘तत्क्षणम्/तदनन्तरम्’ इत्यर्थे (immediately/thereupon)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूते/perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (then)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचनम्

• संस्तुत्य: having praised
• संस्तुत्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्तु (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund), ‘having praised’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्; विशेषण-रूपेण संबोधनम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating); the next speech is by Candra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha-kshetra context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi…śubhe’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (Candra in the ensuing verses) stands in reverent posture, having completed a hymn; the Goddess is addressed as witness while the Lord is about to respond in the Prabhāsa sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (implied speaker-to-come)
• Devī
• Īśvara (mām = me)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) is presented as the proper approach before petitioning the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Somnātha) storyline centered on the Moon’s devotion to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (devotional praise) is implied as a devotional act; no detailed rite is specified.