Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

नमो भक्तार्ति हंत्रे ते हव्यकव्यस्वरूपिणे । नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकारिणे

Transliteration

namo bhaktārti haṃtre te havyakavyasvarūpiṇe | namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakāriṇe

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, der Du das Leid der Verehrer vernichtest, der Du selbst die Gestalt der Opfergaben an Götter und Ahnen bist. Ehrerbietung Dir als dreifacher Erscheinung, der Du Schöpfung, Erhaltung und Auflösung bewirkst.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• bhakta-ārti-hantre: to the remover of devotees’ distress
• bhakta-ārti-hantre: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + ārti (प्रातिपदिक) + hantr̥ (प्रातिपदिक from √han हन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘भक्तानाम् आर्तिं हन्ति’

• te: of you / your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• havya-kavya-svarūpiṇe: to the one whose nature is the offerings (havya and kavya)
• havya-kavya-svarūpiṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havya (प्रातिपदिक) + kavya (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘हव्यकव्ययोः स्वरूपः’

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• tri-mūrtaye: to the three-formed one (Trimūrti)
• tri-mūrtaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः ‘त्रयः मূर्तयः’

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

• sṛṣṭi-sthiti-anta-kāriṇe: to the doer of creation, maintenance, and dissolution
• sṛṣṭi-sthiti-anta-kāriṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sthiti (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक from √kṛ कृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘सृष्टि-स्थिति-अन्तं करोति’ (अन्त = संहार)

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setutīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jagadīśvara (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava praises the Lord as remover of devotees’ suffering and as the embodiment of offerings; a cosmic tableau hints at creation, preservation, dissolution behind the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tri-mūrti
• Havya
• Kavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is both intimate (protector of devotees) and cosmic (source of the universe’s cycles); devotion bridges both.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha, as the devotional setting where this praise is voiced and preserved.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references havya-kavya (ritual offerings) conceptually, but does not prescribe a specific ceremony here.