Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 198

Devanagari script

य इदं शतरुद्रीयं प्रातःप्रातः पठिष्यति । तस्य प्रीतः शिवो देवः प्रदास्यत्यखिलान्वरान्

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śatarudrīyaṃ prātaḥprātaḥ paṭhiṣyati | tasya prītaḥ śivo devaḥ pradāsyatyakhilānvarān

Translation

ఎవడు ప్రతిదినం ప్రాతఃకాలంలో ఈ శతరుద్రీయాన్ని పఠిస్తాడో, అతనిపై ప్రసన్నుడైన దేవుడు శివుడు సమస్త వరాలను అనుగ్రహిస్తాడు।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• śatarudrīyam: the Śatarudrīya (hymn)
• śatarudrīyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatarudrīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ग्रन्थ/स्तोत्र-नाम

• prātaḥprātaḥ: every morning
• prātaḥprātaḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय) + prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb), पुनरुक्ति

• paṭhiṣyati: will recite/read
• paṭhiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of him)

• prītaḥ: pleased
• prītaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prī (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (pleased)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अप्पोज़िशन (apposition)

• pradāsyati: will bestow
• pradāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• akhilān: all
• akhilān: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dawn scene: a devotee seated facing east, rudrākṣa mala in hand, reciting Śatarudrīya; Śiva subtly manifests in a halo of ash-white light, granting boons.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śatarudrīya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily devotion through sacred recitation quickly wins Śiva’s pleasure and opens the way to divine blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse glorifies the practice of Śatarudrīya-pāṭha itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the Śatarudrīya every morning (prātaḥprātaḥ paṭhiṣyati) as a regular devotional discipline.