Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

अनेन स्तवराजेन स्तोष्यते यस्तु मां सदा । सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तः परं स्थानं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

anena stavarājena stoṣyate yastu māṃ sadā | sarvadoṣavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ sthānaṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

ผู้ใดสรรเสริญเราด้วยสตวราชนี้—‘ราชาแห่งบทสรรเสริญ’—อยู่เสมอ ผู้นั้นจักพ้นจากโทษทั้งปวง และจักไปถึงสถานอันสูงสุด.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by/with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-शब्दः; instrumental (by/with this)

• स्तवराजेन: by the king of hymns (supreme hymn)
• स्तवराजेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तवराज (प्रातिपदिक; स्तव + राजन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्तवानां राजा इति)

• स्तोṣ्यते: will be praised
• स्तोṣ्यते: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; passive sense: "will be praised"

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; relative pronoun (who)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; particle (emphasis/contrast)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचनम् द्वितीया विभक्तिः; pronoun (me)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; adverb (always)

• सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all faults
• सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-दोष-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + दोष + विनिर्मुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कृदन्तः (भूतकृदन्त/क्त-प्रत्ययः) "विनिर्मुक्त"; तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वेभ्यः दोषेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; adjective qualifying "स्थानम्"

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• गमिष्यति: will go/attain
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī proclaims the fruit of the hymn: the devotee who regularly praises her with this ‘king of hymns’ becomes faultless and reaches the supreme abode; a visionary ascent motif accompanies the declaration.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Stavarāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotional recitation purifies character and leads the devotee toward liberation and the highest spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is delivered within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, tying the efficacy of the hymn to the sanctity of Prabhāsa’s sacred tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily/regular stotra-recitation (“always praises me with this stavarāja”).