Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

सम्यक्स्तुता त्वया पुत्र अजेयस्त्वं भविष्यसि । अवतारे सदा वत्स पितृमातृसु वल्लभः

Transliteration

samyakstutā tvayā putra ajeyastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | avatāre sadā vatsa pitṛmātṛsu vallabhaḥ

Translation

اے بیٹے، تو نے میری درست ستائش کی ہے؛ تو ناقابلِ شکست ہوگا۔ اور اپنے اوتاروں میں، اے پیارے بچے، تو ہمیشہ ماں باپ کا محبوب رہے گا۔

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्तुता: praised
• स्तुता: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (स्तुता = praised)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास (negation)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अवतारे: in (your) incarnation
• अवतारे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avatāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• वत्स: O dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पितृ-मातृसु: among (your) father and mother / with parents
• पितृ-मातृसु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/युग्म), सप्तमी, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (parents)

• वल्लभः: beloved
• वल्लभः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī/Devī, radiant and maternal, blesses Viṣṇu as ‘son’, granting invincibility and affectionate acceptance in future avatāras; gesture of boon (varada-mudrā) and protective assurance.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Viṣṇu
• Avatāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere hymn and humility bear fruit: divine grace grants strength and social harmony (being beloved and dharmic in the world).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon narrative is framed within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, reinforcing the site as a field where stotra yields siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is continual praise/recitation of the Goddess’s stotra to obtain protection and success.