Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

चतुःषष्टिर्महादेवि एवं ते परिकीर्तिताः । स्तोत्रेणानेन दिव्येन भक्त्या यः स्तौति चंडिकाम्

Transliteration

catuḥṣaṣṭirmahādevi evaṃ te parikīrtitāḥ | stotreṇānena divyena bhaktyā yaḥ stauti caṃḍikām

Translation

மகாதேவி, இவ்வாறு உமது அறுபத்துநான்கு நாமங்கள் கூறப்பட்டன. யார் பக்தியுடன் இந்த திவ்ய ஸ்தோத்திரத்தால் சண்டிகையைத் துதிக்கிறாரோ—

Word by Word

• catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ: sixty-four
• catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ: Karta/Ādhāra of count (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चतुःषष्टिः = 64)

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/manner)

• te: of you / your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• parikīrtitāḥ: have been proclaimed
• parikīrtitāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari√kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि—‘have been fully proclaimed’ (refers to names/epithets)

• stotreṇa: by (this) hymn
• stotreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (stotreṇa इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• divyena: divine
• divyena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (stotreṇa इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• stauti: praises
• stauti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन

• caṃḍikām: Caṇḍikā
• caṃḍikām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or devotee completes a garland of sixty-four names offered at Devī’s feet; the names appear as petals or script around her; the moment transitions from praise to promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Caṇḍikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation of the Goddess’s names is affirmed as a potent, divinely sanctioned path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the sixty-four-name stotra is situated and recommended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praising Caṇḍikā with this stotra, specifically done with bhakti (devotion).