Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

प्रभाते ये स्तविष्यन्ति स्तवैर्वैदिकलौकिकैः । अभिप्रेतं वरं देव तेषां त्वं दद भोच्युत

Transliteration

prabhāte ye staviṣyanti stavairvaidikalaukikaiḥ | abhipretaṃ varaṃ deva teṣāṃ tvaṃ dada bhocyuta

Translation

ผู้ใดสรรเสริญพระองค์ยามอรุณด้วยบทสวดทั้งเวทและบทสรรเสริญของโลก ขอพระองค์ผู้เป็นอจยุตะประทานพรตามที่เขาปรารถนาเถิด

Word by Word

• प्रभाते: in the morning
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of time)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• स्तविष्यन्ति: will praise
• स्तविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्तवैः: with hymns
• स्तवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• वैदिकलौकिकैः: Vedic and worldly (traditional)
• वैदिकलौकिकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदिक + लौकिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying स्तवैः)

• अभिप्रेतम्: desired
• अभिप्रेतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√प्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वरम्)

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दद: give
• दद: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; वैदिक/छान्दस-रूप (दद = देहि)

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय/सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• अच्युत: O Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• अच्युत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O king (rājendra) is addressed in nearby verse; listener is a royal interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At first light on a riverbank tīrtha, devotees stand with folded hands, chanting mixed Vedic and popular hymns before a Viṣṇu icon/śālagrāma on a small altar; the sky is saffron, lamps still flicker.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Acyuta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dawn worship through sincere praise—whether Vedic or traditional—becomes a direct means to divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting, the practice is envisioned in the Narmadā sacred sphere, though the verse itself emphasizes time (dawn) more than a named spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prabhāta-stava: praising the Lord at dawn using Vedic and customary hymns.