Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्स्तोत्रं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि येनाहं तुष्टिमागतः

Transliteration

tatstotraṃ te pravakṣyāmi yenāhaṃ tuṣṭimāgataḥ

Translation

บทสโตตรนั้นเอง เราจักกล่าวแก่เจ้า ซึ่งด้วยบทนั้นเราจึงบังเกิดความพอพระทัย

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; निर्देशक-विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; demonstrative)

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive, Singular; to you/for you—contextually dative sense possible)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम् (Simple Future, 1st person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोगः (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular; by which)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Nominative, Singular)

• तुष्टिम्: satisfaction, contentment
• तुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• आगतः: have attained
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक-विशेषणम् (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; having attained)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing the forthcoming stotra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhruveśvara (stotra-linked)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva prepares to recite/teach a sacred hymn; Devī listens attentively; the atmosphere is charged with mantra-power, as if the words themselves will manifest light around the Dhruveśvara shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (implied)
• Dhruva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas transmit saving hymns through lineage and narration; hearing the stotra is itself presented as spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The stotra is framed within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking hymn and place-glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa and pāṭha of a stotra (hearing/reciting a hymn) is implied as a devotional practice.