Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दैत्यानां घातकं स्तोत्रं वाचयेच्च पुनः पुनः । एकाग्रमानसो भूत्वा श्रीमातरं स्तुवीय यः

Transliteration

daityānāṃ ghātakaṃ stotraṃ vācayecca punaḥ punaḥ | ekāgramānaso bhūtvā śrīmātaraṃ stuvīya yaḥ

Translation

دَیتیوں کا قَتل کرنے والا یہ ستوتر بار بار پڑھنا چاہیے۔ جو یکسو دل ہو کر شری ماتا کی ستائش کرتا ہے…

Word by Word

• दैत्यानाम्: of the daityas (demons)
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• घातकम्: destroying/slaying
• घातकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—(स्तोत्रम्) Accusative singular adjective

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• वाचयेत्: should recite/arrange recitation
• वाचयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘should cause to be recited/should recite’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again)

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—पुनरुक्ति द्वारा आवृत्तिबोध (adverb: repeatedly)

• एकाग्रमानसः: one whose mind is concentrated
• एकाग्रमानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाग्र + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एकाग्रं मानसम् यस्य) ‘one-pointed-minded’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having become’

• श्रीमातरम्: Śrīmātā (the auspicious Mother)
• श्रीमातरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्रियाः माता) Accusative singular

• स्तुवीय: should praise
• स्तुवीय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should praise’

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-यः (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation posture, rosary in hand, reciting a powerful hymn before Śrīmātā; behind the Goddess, symbolic daityas dissolve into light, indicating obstacle-destruction through stotra-śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Dāitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused, repeated praise of the Goddess becomes a spiritual protection and a force that overcomes hostile powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is on stotra-recitation within the Dharmāraṇya framework, not on a particular named pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the Daitya-slaying hymn repeatedly, with a one-pointed mind, praising Śrīmātā.