Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

चतुःषष्टिर्महादेवि एवं ते परिकीर्तिताः । स्तोत्रेणानेन दिव्येन भक्त्या यः स्तौति चंडिकाम्

Transliteration

catuḥṣaṣṭirmahādevi evaṃ te parikīrtitāḥ | stotreṇānena divyena bhaktyā yaḥ stauti caṃḍikām

Translation

Như vậy, ô Đại Nữ Thần, sáu mươi bốn danh hiệu của Ngài đã được tuyên xưng. Ai với lòng sùng kính mà tán dương Caṇḍikā bằng thánh tụng ca này—

Word by Word

• catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ: sixty-four
• catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ: Karta/Ādhāra of count (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चतुःषष्टिः = 64)

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/manner)

• te: of you / your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• parikīrtitāḥ: have been proclaimed
• parikīrtitāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari√kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि—‘have been fully proclaimed’ (refers to names/epithets)

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

• anena: by this
• anena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (stotreṇa इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• divyena: divine
• divyena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (stotreṇa इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• stauti: praises
• stauti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन

• caṃḍikām: Caṇḍikā
• caṃḍikām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or devotee completes a garland of sixty-four names offered at Devī’s feet; the names appear as petals or script around her; the moment transitions from praise to promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Caṇḍikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation of the Goddess’s names is affirmed as a potent, divinely sanctioned path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the sixty-four-name stotra is situated and recommended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praising Caṇḍikā with this stotra, specifically done with bhakti (devotion).