Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

नमस्तेऽस्तु परानंदसत्यविज्ञानरूपिणे । नमस्ते भवरोगघ्न स्नायूनां पतये नमः

Transliteration

namaste'stu parānaṃdasatyavijñānarūpiṇe | namaste bhavarogaghna snāyūnāṃ pataye namaḥ

Translation

Verehrung sei Dir, dessen Wesen höchste Seligkeit, Wahrheit und erwachtes Wissen ist. Verehrung sei Dir, Vernichter der Krankheit des weltlichen Werdens; Verehrung dem Herrn der snāyus, der lebenswichtigen Bänder.

Word by Word

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

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

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परानन्दसत्यविज्ञानरूपिणे: to him whose form is supreme bliss, truth, and knowledge
• परानन्दसत्यविज्ञानरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + आनन्द + सत्य + विज्ञान + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (परः आनन्दः सत्यं विज्ञानं च रूपं यस्य)

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

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

• भवरोगघ्न: O slayer of the disease of worldly existence
• भवरोगघ्न: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव + रोग + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative form used in address), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (भवस्य रोगं हन्ति इति)

• स्नायूनाम्: of the sinews/ligaments
• स्नायूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame listener(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, luminous Śiva presence is felt as pure consciousness; the devotee’s inner ‘disease’ is shown as dark mist dissolving into clear light around the liṅga; subtle nāḍī/snāyu imagery suggests the Lord as master of vital bonds.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is liberation itself—truth-consciousness-bliss—and devotion to Him heals the deepest suffering: bondage to repeated becoming.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra (Rāmeśvaram), where seekers praise Śiva for purification and release.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the focus is on contemplative praise (stuti) aiming at bhava-roga-nivṛtti.