Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

अष्टोत्तरं नामशतं यत्रैतत्परिपठ्यते । तत्रैव मम सांनिध्यं त्रिसंध्यं मधुसूदन

Transliteration

aṣṭottaraṃ nāmaśataṃ yatraitatparipaṭhyate | tatraiva mama sāṃnidhyaṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ madhusūdana

Translation

جہاں یہ اَشٹوتر نام شت (۱۰۸ نام) پورے طور پر پڑھا جاتا ہے، وہیں—اے مدھوسودن—دن کی تینوں سندھیاؤں (صبح، دوپہر، شام) میں میری حضوری قائم رہتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• अष्टोत्तरम्: one hundred and eight (lit. eight over)
• अष्टोत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टोत्तर (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + उत्तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• नामशतम्: a hundred names
• नामशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामशत (प्रातिपदिक; नामन् + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (locative relative adverb: where)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter nom/acc sg pronoun)

• परिपठ्यते: is recited
• परिपठ्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (present, 3rd sg, passive)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avadharana/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive sg: of me)

• सांनिध्यम्: presence
• सांनिध्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• त्रिसंध्यम्: at the three junctions (three times daily)
• त्रिसंध्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसंध्य (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + संध्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• मधुसूदन: O Madhusūdana
• मधुसूदन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (masc voc sg)

Speaker

The presiding deity of Prabhāsa-kṣetra (addressing Kṛṣṇa as Madhusūdana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṣṭottara-śata-nāma-pāṭha-sthāna (wherever recited)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated on kuśa grass facing east at dawn, south at noon, west at dusk (or a single spot across three panels), reciting a rosary; a subtle luminous form of Madhusūdana manifests behind/above, indicating ‘sānnidhya’ at each sandhyā.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• aṣṭottara-nāmaśata (108 names)
• trisaṃdhyā (three daily sandhyās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere recitation of sacred names invokes living divine presence, especially when aligned with daily sandhyā-times.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse universalizes Prabhāsa’s grace: wherever the Prabhāsa-related 108-name hymn is recited, that place becomes a seat of presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the aṣṭottara-nāmaśata (108 names), particularly with trisandhyā observance (dawn, noon, dusk).