Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अष्टोत्तरशतैर्नाम्नां सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । शृणु तानि महादेवि शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः

Transliteration

aṣṭottaraśatairnāmnāṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | śṛṇu tāni mahādevi śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ

Translation

ด้วยศรัทธาอันถูกต้อง เขาสรรเสริญพระสุริยะด้วยพระนามหนึ่งร้อยแปดประการอย่างครบถ้วน จงสดับนามเหล่านั้นเถิด โอ้มหาเทวี—เมื่อชำระกายใจให้บริสุทธิ์และตั้งจิตให้แน่วแน่

Word by Word

• अष्टोत्तरशतैः: with (the) one-hundred-and-eight
• अष्टोत्तरशतैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टोत्तरशत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्विगुः) — ‘अष्टोत्तरं शतम्’ (108); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; साधनार्थे—‘by (means of) 108’

• नाम्नाम्: of names
• नाम्नाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) — ‘properly, completely’

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक); समन्वित ← सम् + अन्वि (धातु) + क्त
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः) — ‘श्रद्धया समन्वितः’; पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (the one who is endowed)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्

• तानि: those (names)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘नामानि’ (अनुक्त) इत्यस्य निर्देशः

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः) — ‘महती देवी’; स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (pure)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having become’

• समाहितः: attentive; composed
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (PPP, क्त); पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तृ-विशेषणम्—‘collected, attentive’

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cyavanārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee purified and seated in meditation posture, hands in añjali, reciting a 108-name garland to the rising Sun; Śiva instructs Pārvatī to listen attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Sūrya (implied via nāma-stotra context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred recitation bears fruit when supported by śraddhā (faith), śaucā (purity), and samādhi-like attentiveness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Cyavanārka episode within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/praise using the 108 names of the Sun, undertaken with purity and mental focus.