Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

यो मां स्तोत्रेण चानेन समागत्य च स्तोष्यति । न तस्यान्वयसंभूतः कुष्ठी कश्चिद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

yo māṃ stotreṇa cānena samāgatya ca stoṣyati | na tasyānvayasaṃbhūtaḥ kuṣṭhī kaścidbhaviṣyati

Translation

ผู้ใดมาหาเราแล้วสรรเสริญเราด้วยบทสวดนี้เอง ในวงศ์สกุลของผู้นั้นจะไม่มีผู้ใดเกิดมาเป็นโรคเรื้อนเลย

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• स्तोत्रेण: with a hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

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

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• समागत्य: having come/approached
• समागत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund) कृदन्त; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

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

• स्तोष्यति: will praise
• स्तोष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: स्तु (to praise)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

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

• अन्वय-सम्भूतः: born in his lineage
• अन्वय-सम्भूतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘अन्वयात् सम्भूतः’ (born in the lineage); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘कश्चित् (कुष्ठी)’

• कुष्ठी: a leper
• कुष्ठी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: भू (to be)

Speaker

Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the sea-edge of Prabhāsa with folded hands, reciting a hymn before a radiant deity-form; behind, a temple silhouette and lamps; the blessing is shown as a healing aura extending to a family line.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Stotra (this hymn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is presented as protective not only for the individual but also for the family line, emphasizing faith, continuity, and dharmic inheritance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The phrase “having come” (samāgatya) fits pilgrimage practice in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where this stotra is taught as efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite/praise Sūrya with this stotra (hymn), ideally by approaching the deity/holy setting; the stated fruit is freedom from kuṣṭha in one’s lineage.