Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

नमस्ते राम भद्राय जगतामृद्धिहेतवे । रामादिपुण्यनामानि जपतां पापहारिणे

Transliteration

namaste rāma bhadrāya jagatāmṛddhihetave | rāmādipuṇyanāmāni japatāṃ pāpahāriṇe

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, dem glückverheißenden Rāma, Ursache des Gedeihens der Welt; die heiligen Namen, die mit „Rāma“ beginnen, nehmen den Sündern die Sünden, die sie im Japa wiederholen.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘to you’ (नमः + चतुर्थी)

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• भद्राय: to the auspicious (one)
• भद्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘to the auspicious one’ (रामस्य विशेषणम्)

• जगताम्: of the world(s)
• जगताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of the worlds/beings’

• ऋद्धि: prosperity
• ऋद्धि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of prosperity’ (समासाङ्ग)

• हेतवे: to the cause (of)
• हेतवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘to the cause’ (जगताम् ऋद्धेः हेतुः)

• रामादि: beginning with Rāma
• रामादि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — ‘Rāma and others’ (नामानि इति विशेषणम्)

• पुण्य: holy
• पुण्य: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — ‘holy/meritorious’ (नामानि इति विशेषणम्)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• जपताम्: of those who chant
• जपताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जपत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जप् (धातु) + शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of those who recite’

• पाप: sin
• पाप: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of sin’ (समासाङ्ग)

• हारिणे: to the remover (of sin)
• हारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ (धातु) + णिनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘to the remover’ (पापस्य हारी)

Speaker

Munis (Sages) praising Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma as auspicious sovereign of dharma, radiating prosperity to the worlds; sages or devotees counting japa on mālā, with the syllables ‘Rā-ma’ depicted as luminous script dissolving dark stains of sin.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Japa (name-repetition)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine-name repetition (nāma-japa) is presented as a powerful purifier, and Rāma as the auspicious source of welfare for the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa frames the teaching within the sanctity of Setu/Rāmeśvaram and its surrounding tīrthas connected to Rāma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the holy names beginning with ‘Rāma’ is recommended as a sin-destroying practice.