Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इदं स्तोत्रवरं दिव्यं रहस्यं पापनाशनम् । न देयं दुष्टबुद्धीनां निन्दकानां तथैव च

Transliteration

idaṃ stotravaraṃ divyaṃ rahasyaṃ pāpanāśanam | na deyaṃ duṣṭabuddhīnāṃ nindakānāṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

Stotra yang mulia ini bersifat ilahi, rahsia, dan pemusnah dosa. Ia tidak wajar diberikan kepada mereka yang berniat jahat, demikian juga kepada para pencela.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshya (Subject complement/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशक (this)

• स्तोत्रवरम्: the excellent hymn
• स्तोत्रवरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (excellent hymn)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• रहस्यम्: secret/esoteric
• रहस्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पापनाशनम्: destroying sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (destroyer of sins)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• देयम्: to be given (should be given)
• देयम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → देय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘देयम्’ = should be given

• दुष्टबुद्धीनाम्: of/for the wicked-minded (people)
• दुष्टबुद्धीनाम्: Sampradana (Recipient—negated/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (those whose intellect is wicked)

• निन्दकानाम्: of/for the slanderers
• निन्दकानाम्: Sampradana (Recipient—negated/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निन्दक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: in that manner)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage transmits a palm-leaf hymn in a secluded tīrtha grove; a protective gesture indicates secrecy, while shadowy figures of slanderers are kept at a distance.

Characters & Entities

• Stotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is to be shared with discernment; purity of intention and respect are prerequisites for receiving powerful hymns.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The hymn’s authority is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A restriction on dāna/teaching of the stotra: withhold it from ill-intentioned persons and slanderers.