Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

पूष्णो दन्तनिपाताय गणनाथाय ते नमः । जय स्वरूपदेहाय अरूपबहुरूपिणे

Transliteration

pūṣṇo dantanipātāya gaṇanāthāya te namaḥ | jaya svarūpadehāya arūpabahurūpiṇe

Translation

Verehrung dir, Gaṇanātha, der du Pūṣans Zähne zu Fall brachtest. Sieg dir, dessen Leib reines Wesen ist: formlos, und doch von vielen Gestalten.

Word by Word

• pūṣṇaḥ: of Pūṣan
• pūṣṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of Pūṣan’

• danta-nipātāya: to the one who caused (Pūṣan’s) teeth to fall
• danta-nipātāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक) + nipāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘दन्तानां निपातः’ (the causing of teeth to fall)

• gaṇa-nāthāya: to the lord of the gaṇas
• gaṇa-nāthāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘गणानां नाथः’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक

• jaya: victory (to you)!
• jaya: Sambodhana/Exclamation (स्तुति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; जय-शब्दः स्तुत्यर्थे

• svarūpa-dehāya: to the one whose body is (his) own true form
• svarūpa-dehāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘स्वरूप एव देहः यस्य/स्वरूप-देहः’

• arūpa-bahu-rūpiṇe: to the formless yet many-formed one
• arūpa-bahu-rūpiṇe: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘अरूपः च बहुरूपी च’ (semantic coordination within compound)

Speaker

Andhaka (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Gaṇanātha—lord of the gaṇas—surrounded by attendant gaṇas; a subtle flashback motif shows Pūṣan recoiling with broken teeth; above, an abstract aura suggests the formless essence radiating into many forms.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pūṣan
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme can be beyond all form and yet manifest in countless forms; devotion recognizes both transcendence and immanence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it appears within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s wider celebration of the Revā/Narmadā sacred tract.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is praise (stuti) intended for contemplation and recitation.