Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

अग्निरुवाच । इन्द्राद्यखिलदिक्पालसंसेवितपदांबुज । रामनाथाय शुद्धाय नमो दिग्वाससे सदा

Transliteration

agniruvāca | indrādyakhiladikpālasaṃsevitapadāṃbuja | rāmanāthāya śuddhāya namo digvāsase sadā

Translation

অগ্নিয়ে ক’লে: ইন্দ্ৰ আদি সকলো দিকপাল যাঁৰ পদকমল সেৱা কৰে, সেই শুদ্ধ ৰামনাথলৈ নমস্কাৰ। দিগম্বৰ, আকাশ-বস্ত্ৰধাৰী প্ৰভুলৈ সদা প্ৰণাম।

Word by Word

• अग्निः: Agni (Fire)
• अग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इन्द्राद्यखिलदिक्पालसंसेवितपदाम्बुज: O (one) whose lotus-feet are attended by Indra and all the guardians of the directions
• इन्द्राद्यखिलदिक्पालसंसेवितपदाम्बुज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र + आदि + अखिल + दिक्पाल + संसेवित (कृदन्त, √सेव्) + पद + अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—इन्द्र-आदि-अखिल-दिक्पालैः संसेवितं पदाम्बुजं यस्य (बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थे दीर्घ-समासः)

• रामनाथाय: to the Lord of Rāma
• रामनाथाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—रामस्य नाथः

• शुद्धाय: to the pure one
• शुद्धाय: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः-प्रयोगः दत्तिवाचक-सम्बन्धे

• दिग्वाससे: to the sky-clad one
• दिग्वाससे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् + वासस्/वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—दिशः वासः यस्य/दिशि वासः (रूढ ‘digvāsa’ = sky-clad)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Agni

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) Pilgrims/ṛṣis in the narrative frame; addressed deity is Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni, radiant and flame-bodied, bows to the Rāmanātha liṅga; around the sanctum, the eight dikpālas appear in subtle attendance, all oriented toward the lotus-feet; Śiva is suggested as digambara—sky as garment.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Indra
• Dikpālas
• Rāmanātha (Śiva)
• Digambara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme purity and sovereignty belong to Śiva—revered even by Indra and the dikpālas—teaching reverence beyond worldly hierarchy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, where the devas acknowledge Śiva as the highest lord, served by all cosmic guardians.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a praise-verse appropriate for pūjā, especially at Rāmeśvaram.