Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

नानाविचित्रभुजगांगदभूषणाय सर्वेश्वराय विरजाय नमो वराय । विश्वात्मने परमकारणकारणाय फुल्लारविंदविपुलायतलोचनाय

Transliteration

nānāvicitrabhujagāṃgadabhūṣaṇāya sarveśvarāya virajāya namo varāya | viśvātmane paramakāraṇakāraṇāya phullāraviṃdavipulāyatalocanāya

Translation

السجودُ للأعلى المتزيّنِ بأساورَ من حيّاتٍ عجيبة، لربِّ الجميع، للطاهرِ من الدنسِ وللأسمى؛ والسجودُ لروحِ الكون، لعلّةِ العلل، ذي العينين الواسعتين كزهرةِ اللوتس المتفتّحة تمامًا.

Word by Word

• नानाविचित्रभुजगाङ्गदभूषणाय: to him whose ornaments are various wondrous serpent-armlets
• नानाविचित्रभुजगाङ्गदभूषणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना + विचित्र + भुजग + अङ्गद + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवविशेषणरूपेण), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वेश्वराय: to the Lord of all
• सर्वेश्वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विरजाय: to the stainless one
• विरजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरज (प्रातिपदिक; वि-रज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya/Salutation (नमस्कार-क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नमस्कारार्थक-प्रयोगः

• वराय: to the excellent one
• वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विश्वात्मने: to the soul of the universe
• विश्वात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमकारणकारणाय: to the supreme cause of causes
• परमकारणकारणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + कारण + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• फुल्लारविन्दविपुलायतलोचनाय: to him whose eyes are wide and long like blossomed lotuses
• फुल्लारविन्दविपुलायतलोचनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फुल्ल + अरविन्द + विपुल + आयत + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवविशेषणरूपेण), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (Purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A congregation of purified ṛṣis offers stuti to a radiant Śiva: wide blossomed lotus-eyes, serene face, adorned with wondrous serpent armlets; cosmic aura suggesting ‘cause of causes’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (addressed)
• Sarveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is both immanent (Viśvātman) and transcendent (Cause of causes); devotion contemplates his beauty and metaphysical supremacy together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the sages’ vision of Śiva’s form and truth becomes a cornerstone of the site’s mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No procedural injunction; it functions as a stotra suitable for recitation in worship, especially in Śiva-oriented tīrtha practice.