Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रसादयामास तदा स्तुत्वा स्तोत्रैरनेकधा

Transliteration

prasādayāmāsa tadā stutvā stotrairanekadhā

Translation

Bấy giờ, ngài làm cho thần linh hoan hỷ, bằng cách tán tụng với nhiều bài thánh ca, muôn vẻ muôn lời.

Word by Word

• प्रसादयामास: propitiated/pleased
• प्रसादयामास: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु) / प्रसादय् (णिच्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच् (causative) अर्थे ‘to propitiate’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• स्तोत्रैः: with hymns
• स्तोत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prābhāsika-kṣetra (worship locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba stands before the radiant Bhāskara, hands folded, chanting multiple hymns; the air seems filled with syllables and light, offerings arranged neatly.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Bhāskara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) is a direct means of invoking divine favor, especially at a consecrated tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śivapura/Brahmabhāga context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/singing of hymns (stotra) as a form of worship.