Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

सांबसांब महावाहो शृणु गोविन्दनन्दने । स्तोत्रेणानेन तुष्टोऽहं वरं ब्रूहि यदीप्सितम्

Transliteration

sāṃbasāṃba mahāvāho śṛṇu govindanandane | stotreṇānena tuṣṭo'haṃ varaṃ brūhi yadīpsitam

Translation

اے سامب، اے سامب، اے قوی بازو والے—سنو، اے گووند کے فرزند۔ اس ستوتر سے میں خوش ہوا ہوں؛ جو ور تم چاہتے ہو، بیان کرو۔

Word by Word

• sāmbasāṃba: O Sāmba, O Sāmba
• sāmbasāṃba: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmba (प्रातिपदिक; संज्ञा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-सम्बोधन (repeated address)

• mahāvāho: O mighty-armed one
• mahāvāho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘महाबाहु’ (mighty-armed)

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• govindanandane: O son of Govinda
• govindanandane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: govinda + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (govindasya nandanaḥ)

• stotreṇa: by (this) hymn
• stotreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (by this)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (satisfied)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• brūhi: tell, speak
• brūhi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yad: which
• yad: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक/यत्-शब्द (relative)

• īpsitam: desired
• īpsitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āp (धातु) → īpsita (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘desired’

Speaker

Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sāmba

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu) appears radiant, pleased by Sāmba’s hymn; the deity invites the devotee to ask for a boon in the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Sāmba
• Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stotra) is portrayed as a direct means to divine favor and the granting of boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the implied sacred landscape where the hymn’s efficacy is demonstrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The text highlights stotra-recitation as the effective spiritual act leading to a boon.