Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

रामनाथ महादेव मां रक्ष करुणानिधे । इति यः सततं ब्रूयात्कलिनासौ न बाध्यते

Transliteration

rāmanātha mahādeva māṃ rakṣa karuṇānidhe | iti yaḥ satataṃ brūyātkalināsau na bādhyate

Translation

Wer unablässig spricht: „O Rāmanātha, o Mahādeva, beschütze mich, du Schatz des Erbarmens“, wird vom Kali-Zeitalter nicht bedrängt.

Word by Word

• रामनाथ: O Rāmanātha
• रामनाथ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• रक्ष: protect
• रक्ष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• करुणानिधे: O treasure of compassion
• करुणानिधे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (करुणायाः निधिः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यं/सदा इत्यर्थे क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ब्रूयात्: should say
• ब्रूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कलिना: by Kali (the evil age/personified)
• कलिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• बाध्यते: is afflicted/tormented
• बाध्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee walking through a bustling, morally confusing Kali-age marketplace, silently repeating the protective prayer; a subtle aura of Śiva’s trident and compassion surrounds him, keeping chaos at bay.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahādeva
• Kali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant prayerful refuge in Śiva (Rāmanātha) is a spiritual shield against the degradations of Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra/Rāmeśvaram, invoking Śiva as Rāmanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous recitation of a protective supplication (rakṣā-prārthanā) addressed to Rāmanātha.