Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

वासुदेवमनाधारं प्रणतार्तिविनाशनम् । आधारं सर्वभूतानां प्रणमामि जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

vāsudevamanādhāraṃ praṇatārtivināśanam | ādhāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ praṇamāmi janārdanam

Translation

Ich verneige mich vor Vāsudeva, der keinen Halt außer sich selbst hat, der das Leid der Zufluchtsuchenden vernichtet. Ich verneige mich vor Janārdana, der Stütze aller Wesen.

Word by Word

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनाधारम्: without support; unsupported
• अनाधारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन् (नञ्) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास; विशेषण (वासुदेवम्)

• प्रणतार्तिविनाशनम्: destroyer of the distress of the bowed (devotees)
• प्रणतार्तिविनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणत + आर्ति + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (वासुदेवम्)

• आधारम्: support, foundation
• आधारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (अपि विशेषणवत्)

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्वभूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• प्रणमामि: I bow to
• प्रणमामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava bows with eyes lowered; behind him a vast, serene cosmic vision: Janārdana as the unseen foundation holding worlds, while a gentle light descends to soothe the suffering of supplicants.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refuge in Janārdana removes affliction; the Lord is both beyond dependence and the foundation of all existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The praise is situated within the Dharmapuṣkariṇī tīrtha narrative of Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma and stotra—devotional surrender through recited praise—are presented as the worshipful act.