Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

स्तवराज इति ख्यातः शरीरारोग्यवृद्धिदः

Transliteration

stavarāja iti khyātaḥ śarīrārogyavṛddhidaḥ

Translation

บทสรรเสริญนี้เลื่องชื่อว่า “สตวราช” คือราชาแห่งบทสรรเสริญ ประทานความเจริญแห่งสุขภาพกาย และความพ้นจากโรคภัย

Word by Word

• स्तवराजः: king of hymns
• स्तवराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक) + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्तवानां राजा)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक अव्यय

• ख्यातः: is known (as)
• ख्यातः: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त—‘is known/called’ (passive sense)

• शरीरारोग्यवृद्धिदः: giver of bodily health and increase
• शरीरारोग्यवृद्धिदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; दा-धात्वर्थक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शरीरस्य आरोग्यस्य वृद्धेः दः/दाता)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Īśvara’s discourse (context: Śiva speaking to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgarārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites before Surya’s icon; rays touch the devotee’s body, depicted as dispelling dark ‘roga’ forms; a banner reads ‘Stavarāja’.

Characters & Entities

• Stavarāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stotra) is presented as dharmic practice that sustains well-being, including bodily health, when done with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Nāgarārka within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose māhātmya is being described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse highlights the stotra’s fruit—growth of health and freedom from disease.