Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यस्य नाम्ना महाभाग पातकानि बहून्यपि । विलीयंते तु वेगेन तमः सूर्योदये यथा

Transliteration

yasya nāmnā mahābhāga pātakāni bahūnyapi | vilīyaṃte tu vegena tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

Translation

O Glückseliger, durch Seinen bloßen Namen—selbst viele Sünden—schmelzen rasch dahin, wie die Finsternis beim Sonnenaufgang.

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• नाम्ना: by (his) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (पूर्वपद) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य)

• पातकानि: sins
• पातकानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पातकानि)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• विलीयन्ते: dissolve/vanish
• विलीयन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ली (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'are dissolved')

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• वेगेन: with speed
• वेगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सूर्योदये: at sunrise
• सूर्योदये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य उदयः)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (comparative: as/just as)

Speaker

Skanda (continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sunrise metaphor: devotees chanting Hari’s name as darkness retreats; the sage’s words visualize sins melting away like night dissolving into dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance and recitation of the Lord’s Name is portrayed as a swift purifier that burns away wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; it praises nāma as a universal means of purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nāma-smaraṇa/nāma-japa (repetition of the divine Name) is recommended as a purificatory practice.