Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

नामाष्टशतमाख्यातं तच्छृणुष्व महामते । सूर्योऽर्यमा भगस्त्वष्टा पूषाऽर्कः सविता रविः

Transliteration

nāmāṣṭaśatamākhyātaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmate | sūryo'ryamā bhagastvaṣṭā pūṣā'rkaḥ savitā raviḥ

Translation

บัดนี้ได้ประกาศพระนามหนึ่งร้อยแปดแล้ว โอ้ผู้มีปัญญายิ่ง จงสดับเถิด: สุริยะ, อรยมะ, ภคะ, ตวัสฏา, ปูษัน, อรกะ, สวิตฤ, รวิ

Word by Word

• नाम: name(s)
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन

• अष्टशतम्: eight hundred
• अष्टशतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट-शत (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास

• आख्यातम्: declared, proclaimed
• आख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (नाम)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक; महा + मति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सूर्यः: Sun
• सूर्यः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अर्यमा: Aryaman
• अर्यमा: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भगः: Bhaga
• भगः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वष्टा: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूषा: Pūṣan
• पूषा: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अर्कः: Arka (Sun)
• अर्कः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सविता: Savitṛ
• सविता: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रविः: Ravi (Sun)
• रविः: Apposition/Name-list (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cyavanārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A litany begins: the Sun is invoked by Vedic and Purāṇic names—Sūrya, Aryamā, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭā, Pūṣan, Arka, Savitṛ, Ravi—each name appearing as a radiant glyph around the solar disc.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Aryamā
• Bhaga
• Tvaṣṭā
• Pūṣan
• Arka
• Savitṛ
• Ravi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Invoking the deity through many sacred names honors the fullness of divine functions—nourishing, ordering, illuminating, and impelling dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The nāma-stotra is taught in the Cyavanārka/Prabhāsa-kṣetra context, where Sūrya worship is specially magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listening/learning and reciting the 108 names of Sūrya as a formal stotra practice.