Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नमो वराहरूपाय क्रान्तलोकत्रयाय च । व्याप्ताशेषदिगन्ताय केशवाय नमोनमः

Transliteration

namo varāharūpāya krāntalokatrayāya ca | vyāptāśeṣadigantāya keśavāya namonamaḥ

Translation

Verehrung dem, der die Gestalt Varāhas annahm und die drei Welten durchschritt. Immer wieder Verehrung Keśava, dessen Gegenwart bis an die äußersten Grenzen aller Richtungen reicht.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• वराहरूपाय: to the one of Boar-form
• वराहरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular; तत्पुरुष (वराहस्य रूपम्)

• क्रान्तलोकत्रयाय: to the traverser of the three worlds
• क्रान्तलोकत्रयाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रान्त (कृदन्त; √क्रम् (धातु) + क्त) + लोकत्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular; तत्पुरुष (लोकत्रयं क्रान्तः = who has traversed the three worlds)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• व्याप्ताशेषदिगन्ताय: to the one who pervades all directions
• व्याप्ताशेषदिगन्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याप्त (कृदन्त; √व्याप् (धातु) + क्त) + अशेष + दिगन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular; तत्पुरुष (अशेषं दिगन्तं व्याप्तः = pervading all horizons)

• केशवाय: to Keśava
• केशवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Andhaka (deduced; preceding praise before the boon dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Varāha with Earth (Bhūdevī) raised on his tusk; behind him, a translucent Trivikrama stride across three worlds; the horizon in all directions filled with a subtle Keśava aura, suggesting omnipresence.

Characters & Entities

• Varāha
• Keśava
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion begins with humility—recognizing the Lord as all-pervading and sovereign over the three worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape is the setting, though this verse itself is a direct praise of Varāha/Keśava rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the act implied is stuti/namaskāra (reverential salutation).