Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
प्रसरद्बिन्दुनादाय शुद्धामृतमयात्मने । षड्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वदेहाय नमश्चिन्मात्रमूर्तये
Transliteration
prasaradbindunādāya śuddhāmṛtamayātmane | ṣaḍtriṃśattattvadehāya namaścinmātramūrtaye
Translation
যাঁর ধ্বনি প্রসারিত বিন্দু-নাদ, যাঁর আত্মা শুদ্ধ অমৃতময়, যাঁর দেহ ছত্রিশ তত্ত্বে গঠিত, এবং যিনি চৈতন্যমাত্র মূর্তি—তাঁকে নমস্কার।
Word by Word
प्रसरद्बिन्दुनादायto the sound of the expanding bindu
प्रसरद्बिन्दुनादाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसरत् (√सृ-शतृ, कृदन्त) + बिन्दु + नाद (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'to the sound (nāda) of the spreading bindu')
शुद्धामृतमयात्मनेto him whose essence is pure nectar
शुद्धामृतमयात्मने:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootशुद्ध + अमृत + मय + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ('whose self is made of pure nectar')
षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वदेहायto the one whose body is (constituted of) the thirty-six principles
षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वदेहाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootषट्त्रिंशत् + तत्त्व + देह (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); द्विगु-समास (numerical: 'having a body of thirty-six tattvas')
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Kriya (Salutation act/क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनमस्-शब्दः निपातवत् (indeclinable interjection used for salutation)
चिन्मात्रमूर्तयेto the form that is consciousness alone
चिन्मात्रमूर्तये:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootचित् + मात्र + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिके)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), एकवचन (singular), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ('whose form is pure consciousness alone')
Speaker
Vyāsa (invocatory praise within the chapter opening)
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva (implied)B
BinduN
NādaṢ
Ṣaḍtriṃśat-tattva (36 principles)FAQs
The Supreme is praised as pure consciousness, yet also as the ground of cosmic principles—uniting devotion with metaphysical insight.
The verse functions as a mangala/invocation for the Prabhāsa Kṣetra narrative, implicitly sanctifying Prabhāsa through the Lord it celebrates.
None explicitly; it is a salutatory stotra (namaḥ) suitable for recitation before hearing or teaching the Māhātmya.