Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

य एतत्पठति स्तोत्रं प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः । न भीः संपद्यते तस्य यावज्जीवं नरस्य वै

Transliteration

ya etatpaṭhati stotraṃ prātarutthāya mānavaḥ | na bhīḥ saṃpadyate tasya yāvajjīvaṃ narasya vai

Translation

凡人清晨起身诵读此圣赞者，终其一生，怖畏不临其身。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पठति: recites/reads
• पठति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kala-adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time): ‘in the morning’

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya-viseshana (Converb; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-भाव; ‘having risen’

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• भीः: fear
• भीः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संपद्यते: arises/occurs
• संपद्यते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्√पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (limit/extent marker)

• जीवम्: life
• जीवम्: Avadhi (Extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘life’ (अवधि-निर्देश)

• नरस्य: of the man
• नरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis (Nipata)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (stotra associated)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a devotee rises and recites the hymn with focused devotion; a subtle protective aura surrounds him, symbolizing a life free from fear under Devī’s guardianship.

Characters & Entities

• Stotra (hymn)
• Devī (implied as praised)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular remembrance of the Divine through stotra cultivates inner protection and steadiness, removing fear across one’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra indirectly, since “this hymn” belongs to its māhātmya and is taught as a practice connected to the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Morning recitation (prātar-utthāya paṭhana) of the stotra.