Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नमो विशालनेत्राय शुष्कोदरभयान क । नमः परुषगात्राय स्थूलरोमाय वै नमः

Transliteration

namo viśālanetrāya śuṣkodarabhayāna ka | namaḥ paruṣagātrāya sthūlaromāya vai namaḥ

Translation

وسیع آنکھوں والے کو نمسکار، سوکھے پیٹ کی ہیبت سے خوفناک دکھائی دینے والے کو نمسکار۔ کھردرے اعضا والے کو پھر نمسکار، اور گھنے بالوں والے کو نمسکار۔

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थक

• विशालनेत्राय: to (him) with large eyes
• विशालनेत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशाल + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• शुष्कोदरभयानक: to (him) terrifying with a dried-up belly
• शुष्कोदरभयानक: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्क + उदर + भयानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular) (पाठानुसार भयानकः/भयानकाय अपेक्षित; अत्र समासान्त-रूपम्); विशेषण

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थक

• परुषगात्राय: to (him) of harsh/rough limbs
• परुषगात्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• स्थूलरोमाय: to (him) with thick hair
• स्थूलरोमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूल + रोमान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थक

Speaker

Narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the māhātmya to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the māhātmya; immediate listener within story is the fearsome being addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king continues his stuti: the being has wide eyes, a terrifying withered belly, rough limbs, and thick hair—an embodiment of austerity and dread, yet addressed as worthy of worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara (Saturn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility before karmic law: even the fearsome graha is approached through reverent praise, turning dread into disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa as a merit-giving sacred landscape where stotras and worship bear intensified fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a stotra-line used for Śanaiścara-namaskāra (propitiatory praise).