Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

एतैर्यो नामभिः कृष्ण प्रभासे स्तौति मां सदा । स्थानं मे विजयं लब्ध्वा मोदते शाश्वतीः समाः

Transliteration

etairyo nāmabhiḥ kṛṣṇa prabhāse stauti māṃ sadā | sthānaṃ me vijayaṃ labdhvā modate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

Translation

اے کرشن! جو پربھاس میں اِن ناموں کے ساتھ ہمیشہ میری ستائش کرتا ہے، وہ میرا ظفرمند دھام پا کر ابدی برسوں تک مسرور رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (instrumental pl: by these)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (masc nom sg: who)

• नामभिः: with names
• नामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (instrumental pl: with/by names)

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (vocative sg)

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative sg)

• स्तौति: praises
• स्तौति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (present, 3rd sg, active)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (accusative sg: me)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: always)

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (neuter acc sg)

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

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (masc acc sg)

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकाल (absolutive/gerund: having obtained)

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (present, 3rd sg, middle)

• शाश्वतीः: eternal
• शाश्वतीः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (fem acc pl adjective)

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन (fem acc pl)

Speaker

The presiding deity of Prabhāsa-kṣetra (addressing Kṛṣṇa directly)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṛṣṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sea-adjacent sacred field of Prabhāsa, a devotee stands with folded hands, reciting divine names; the deity’s victorious abode is envisioned as radiant, with a path of light rising from the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Prabhāsa
• nāma-stuti (praise by names)
• vijaya-sthāna (victorious abode)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise at a sacred place becomes a direct path to enduring spiritual joy and divine attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly praised as the powerful setting for nāma-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular stuti (praise/recitation) of the deity using the given names at Prabhāsa.