Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो विष्णुरूपाय तीर्थनाथाय ते नमः । सान्निध्यं कुरु मे देव समुद्र लवणाम्भसि । इत्यामन्त्रणमन्त्रः

Transliteration

oṃ namo viṣṇurūpāya tīrthanāthāya te namaḥ | sānnidhyaṃ kuru me deva samudra lavaṇāmbhasi | ityāmantraṇamantraḥ

Translation

«Oṁ — Verehrung Dir, der Du die Gestalt Viṣṇus bist; Verehrung Dir, Herr der Tīrthas. O Gott, Ozean salziger Wasser, gewähre mir Deine Gegenwart.» Dies ist das Anrufungs-Mantra.

Word by Word

• ॐ: Om
• ॐ: Sambodhana (Invocation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गल/प्रणव-अव्यय (Sacred syllable)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोग; प्रायः चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-संबन्धे (Interjection ‘salutation’ governing dative/genitive)

• विष्णुरूपाय: to (him) of Viṣṇu-form
• विष्णुरूपाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक); विष्णु (नाम) + रूप (नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)

• तीर्थनाथाय: to the lord of the tīrtha
• तीर्थनाथाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक); तीर्थ (नाम) + नाथ (नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative, Singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोग (Interjection ‘salutation’)

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• कुरु: do, make
• कुरु: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd person, Singular)

• मे: for me / to me
• मे: Sampradāna (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Gen./Dat., Singular)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• समुद्र: O ocean
• समुद्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• लवणाम्भसि: in the salty water
• लवणाम्भसि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण-अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक); लवण (विशेषण) + अम्भस् (नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (Quotative particle)

• आमन्त्रणमन्त्रः: the invocation-mantra
• आमन्त्रणमन्त्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमन्त्रण-मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक); आमन्त्रण (नाम) + मन्त्र (नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Samudra (Lavaṇāmbhas)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands at the shoreline reciting ‘Oṁ namo viṣṇurūpāya…’, with the ocean depicted as a vast divine form—subtle Viṣṇu iconography emerging from waves—while a halo of presence surrounds the water.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Samudra (Ocean)
• Tīrthanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters are approached as divine, and mantra-invocation sanctifies the act of bathing as communion with the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ocean (Samudra), honored as “Tīrthanātha,” the lordly source of tīrtha-power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the āmantraṇa-mantra to invoke the ocean’s sānnidhya before performing the ritual bath.