Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

अष्टोत्तरं नामशतं यत्रैतत्परिपठ्यते । तत्रैव मम सांनिध्यं त्रिसंध्यं मधुसूदन

Transliteration

aṣṭottaraṃ nāmaśataṃ yatraitatparipaṭhyate | tatraiva mama sāṃnidhyaṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ madhusūdana

Translation

ณ ที่ใดมีการสวด «อัษโฏตตระ นามศตะ» คือพระนาม ๑๐๘ นี้โดยครบถ้วน ณ ที่นั้นเอง—โอ้ มธุสูทนะ—ความสถิตของเราดำรงอยู่ในสามสันธยา: เช้า เที่ยง และเย็น.

Word by Word

• अष्टोत्तरम्: one hundred and eight (lit. eight over)
• अष्टोत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टोत्तर (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + उत्तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• नामशतम्: a hundred names
• नामशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामशत (प्रातिपदिक; नामन् + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (locative relative adverb: where)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter nom/acc sg pronoun)

• परिपठ्यते: is recited
• परिपठ्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (present, 3rd sg, passive)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avadharana/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive sg: of me)

• सांनिध्यम्: presence
• सांनिध्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• त्रिसंध्यम्: at the three junctions (three times daily)
• त्रिसंध्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसंध्य (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + संध्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• मधुसूदन: O Madhusūdana
• मधुसूदन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (masc voc sg)

Speaker

The presiding deity of Prabhāsa-kṣetra (addressing Kṛṣṇa as Madhusūdana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṣṭottara-śata-nāma-pāṭha-sthāna (wherever recited)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated on kuśa grass facing east at dawn, south at noon, west at dusk (or a single spot across three panels), reciting a rosary; a subtle luminous form of Madhusūdana manifests behind/above, indicating ‘sānnidhya’ at each sandhyā.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• aṣṭottara-nāmaśata (108 names)
• trisaṃdhyā (three daily sandhyās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere recitation of sacred names invokes living divine presence, especially when aligned with daily sandhyā-times.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse universalizes Prabhāsa’s grace: wherever the Prabhāsa-related 108-name hymn is recited, that place becomes a seat of presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the aṣṭottara-nāmaśata (108 names), particularly with trisandhyā observance (dawn, noon, dusk).