shlok sanskrit ki do panktiyoan ki rachana, jinake dvara kisi prakar ka kathokathan kiya jata hai, ko shlok kahate haian.
- prayah shlok chhand ke roop mean hote haian arthat inamean gati, yati aur lay hoti hai. chhand ke roop mean hone ke karan ye asani se yad ho jate haian.
- prachinakal mean jnan ko lipibaddh karake rakhane ki pratha n hone ke karan hi is prakar ka pravadhan kiya gaya tha.