Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । स्तवेनानेन ये देवि स्तुवन्त्यत्र नरोत्तमाः । ते संतु कामैः संपूर्णा वरवर्षा निरंतरम्

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | stavenānena ye devi stuvantyatra narottamāḥ | te saṃtu kāmaiḥ saṃpūrṇā varavarṣā niraṃtaram

Translation

เหล่าเทพกล่าวว่า: “โอ้เทวี ผู้เป็นมารดาแห่งโลก ขอให้บุรุษผู้ประเสริฐที่สรรเสริญพระองค์ ณ ที่นี้ด้วยบทสรรเสริญนี้ จงสมปรารถนา และได้รับสายฝนแห่งพรอันประเสริฐอย่างไม่ขาดสาย”

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्तवेन: by/with (this) hymn
• स्तवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; स्तव-विशेषणम्

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject of subordinate clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्तुवन्ति: praise
• स्तुवन्ति: Kriya (Verb of subordinate clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• नरोत्तमाः: best of men
• नरोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: नर + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः नराः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject of blessing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सन्तु: may they be
• सन्तु: Kriya (Benediction/आशीर्वाद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कामैः: with desires (fulfilled wishes)
• कामैः: Karana (Instrument/means; content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• संपूर्णाः: fully complete
• संपूर्णाः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ते-विशेषणम्

• वरवर्षाः: showering boons
• वरवर्षाः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर-वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: वर + वर्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वराणां वर्षः/वर्षणम्) ; ते-विशेषणम्

• निरन्तरम्: continually
• निरन्तरम्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण प्रयुक्तम् (adverbial use: continuously)

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly of devas in Prabhāsa-kṣetra offers a hymn to the radiant Devī, who stands serene, granting an unbroken shower of boons upon human devotees who praise her there.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Devī
• Prabhāsakṣetra (implicit by 'atra')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise performed in a sacred kṣetra becomes especially potent and yields both worldly and spiritual fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra—indicated by “atra” (here), i.e., the holy field being celebrated in the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/praise of Devī using “this hymn” (stavenānena) at the site.