Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

नारायणं शरण्येशं सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् । नमो यज्ञाङ्गसम्भूत सर्वव्यापिन्नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

nārāyaṇaṃ śaraṇyeśaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam | namo yajñāṅgasambhūta sarvavyāpinnamo'stu te

Translation

শরণদাতা, সকল দেবের দ্বারা বন্দিত নারায়ণকে প্রণাম। যজ্ঞের অঙ্গরূপে প্রকাশিত, সর্বব্যাপী প্রভু—আপনাকে নমস্কার।

Word by Word

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; proper noun

• शरण्य-ईशम्: lord of the refuge-worthy (protector)
• शरण्य-ईशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शरण्यस्य ईशः)

• सर्व-देव-नमस्कृतम्: worshipped by all gods
• सर्व-देव-नमस्कृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त; नमस् + √कृ (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘नमस्कृत’; तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः देवैः नमस्कृतः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutatory particle)

• यज्ञ-अङ्ग-सम्भूत: O one arisen from the limbs of sacrifice
• यज्ञ-अङ्ग-सम्भूत: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भूत (कृदन्त; सम् + √भू (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (हे); भूतकृदन्त (past active participle sense) ‘सम्भूत’ = उत्पन्न; तत्पुरुष (यज्ञस्य अङ्गेभ्यः सम्भूतः)

• सर्व-व्यापिन्: O all-pervading one
• सर्व-व्यापिन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (हे); कर्मधारय (सर्वं व्याप्नोति इति)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (a Vaiṣṇava stotra used within Revākhaṇḍa ritual context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on the Narmadā bank offers añjali, facing a radiant four-armed Nārāyaṇa whose form subtly contains yajña-symbols (vedi, ladle, fire) as emanations, indicating ‘yajñāṅga-sambhūta’ and all-pervasion.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Devas
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nārāyaṇa is praised as the universal refuge and the all-pervading reality expressed through yajña and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn fits the worship context of a Keśava/Nārāyaṇa shrine in Revā-kṣetra, but no specific tirtha name appears in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It functions as a recitable stotra/mantra of salutation during worship after approaching the deity.