Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रेणानेन यो मर्त्यो मां स्तविष्यति भक्तितः । कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यामाश्विने मुनिसत्तम

Transliteration

stotreṇānena yo martyo māṃ staviṣyati bhaktitaḥ | kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmāśvine munisattama

Translation

اے مونیوں کے شریشٹھ، جو کوئی فانی انسان بھکتی کے ساتھ اس ستوتر کے ذریعے میری ستائش کرے، ماہِ آشون کے کرشن پکش کی چتردشی کو—وہ عظیم پُنّیہ پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• stotreṇa: with (this) hymn
• stotreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (to stotreṇa)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• martyaḥ: a mortal
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• staviṣyati: will praise
• staviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (स्तु धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaktitaḥ: out of devotion
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (as cause: out of devotion)

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) + pakṣa (पक्ष)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृष्णः पक्षः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• āśvine: in Āśvina (month)
• āśvine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśvina (आश्विन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक-विशेषण (in the month of Āśvina)

• munisattama: O best of sages
• munisattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि) + sattama (सत्तम)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनीनां सत्तमः); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara/Arbuda-kṣetra (stotra-kāla)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni-sattama (best of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites a hymn before a liṅga on a dark-fortnight fourteenth night in Āśvina; lamps flicker, the sky is moonless or thin-moon, atmosphere of vrata and focused devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Āśvina
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stotra) offered at an auspicious tithi becomes a direct means to earn merit and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred region, in the context of the Acaleśvara-liṅga Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/praise of Śiva with this stotra on Āśvina kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī.