Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तुभ्यं पिनाकहस्ताय नमो मदनहारिणे । भूयोभूयो नमस्तुभ्यं सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा

Transliteration

tubhyaṃ pinākahastāya namo madanahāriṇe | bhūyobhūyo namastubhyaṃ sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, dessen Hand den Pināka-Bogen hält; Ehrerbietung dem Vernichter Madanas (Kāma). Immer wieder verneige ich mich vor Dir — stets, in jeder Lebenslage.

Word by Word

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• पिनाकहस्ताय: to (you) with the Pināka in hand
• पिनाकहस्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पिनाकः हस्ते यस्य/पिनाकं हस्ते)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• मदनहारिणे: to the destroyer of Madana (Kāma)
• मदनहारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक) + हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मदनं हरति इति)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘again’)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी एकवचन

• सर्वावस्थासु: in all conditions/states
• सर्वावस्थासु: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वाः अवस्थाः)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva stands with Pināka bow; the ash of Madana (Kāma) drifts like grey petals; a devotee repeatedly prostrates (punar-punar namas) across different life scenes—travel, hardship, joy—showing ‘sarvāvasthāsu’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Pinākī)
• Madana (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unbroken devotion—bowing in every circumstance—anchors the devotee in dharma and divine protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvara (Setukhaṇḍa) where Rāma offers continuous salutations to Śiva as Rāghaveśvara/Rāmanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repetition of namaskāra (“bhūyo bhūyaḥ”) suggests continual prayer/japa, though no formal vrata is specified.