Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

वरेण्य यज्ञपुरुष प्रजापालन वामन । त्वन्नामस्मरणात्पापमशेषं नः प्रणश्यतु

Transliteration

vareṇya yajñapuruṣa prajāpālana vāmana | tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu

Translation

O Du Erwählenswerte, o Opfer-Puruṣa, o Beschützer der Geschöpfe, o Vāmana—durch das Gedenken an Deinen Namen möge all unsere Sünde gänzlich vergehen.

Word by Word

• वरेण्य: O most excellent
• वरेण्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; ‘worthy of choice/praise’ used as epithet

• यज्ञपुरुष: O Yajña-Puruṣa
• यज्ञपुरुष: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘यज्ञस्य पुरुषः’)=the person of sacrifice

• प्रजापालन: O protector of beings
• प्रजापालन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘प्रजानां पालनः/पालनम्’)=protector of creatures

• वामन: O Vāmana
• वामन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• त्वत्-नाम-स्मरणात्: from remembering your name
• त्वत्-नाम-स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नाम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ablative

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• अशेषम्: entirely
• अशेषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• प्रणश्यतु: may it perish
• प्रणश्यतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devotees/Sages (stotra-style nāma-japa praise within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact Vāmana with umbrella and water-pot stands radiant; beside him a symbolic yajña-altar with a small flame; pilgrims chant, and the flame transforms into luminous syllables that burn away dark residues of sin.

Characters & Entities

• Yajñapuruṣa
• Vāmana
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord who is the very essence of yajña and protector of beings grants purification through His Name.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Situated in the Revā Khaṇḍa, the verse resonates with Narmadā tīrtha devotion and its purificatory ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smaraṇa is prescribed; yajña is invoked as a divine principle (Yajñapuruṣa) rather than detailed as a procedure here.