Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

वसव ऊचुः । रामनाथगणेशाय गणवृंदार्चितांघ्रये । गंगाधराय गुह्याय नमस्ते पाहि नः सदा

Transliteration

vasava ūcuḥ | rāmanāthagaṇeśāya gaṇavṛṃdārcitāṃghraye | gaṃgādharāya guhyāya namaste pāhi naḥ sadā

Translation

Die Vasus sprachen: „Ehrerbietung dir — Rāmanātha, Herr der Gaṇas, dessen Füße von Scharen der Gaṇas verehrt werden; Träger der Gaṅgā, der Geheimnisvolle. Beschütze uns allezeit.“

Word by Word

• वसवः: Vasus
• वसवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• रामनाथ-गणेशाय: to Gaṇeśa of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथ-गणेशाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + गणेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामनाथस्य गणेशः)

• गण-वृन्द-अर्चित-अङ्घ्रये: to him whose feet are worshipped by hosts of Gaṇas
• गण-वृन्द-अर्चित-अङ्घ्रये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + वृन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च्) + अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (गणवृन्देन अर्चितौ अङ्घ्री यस्य/अर्चित-अङ्घ्रि)

• गङ्गाधराय: to the bearer of Gaṅgā
• गङ्गाधराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गाधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गङ्गायाः धरः)

• गुह्याय: to the mysterious/secret one
• गुह्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमः-प्रयोगः (indeclinable salutation)

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

• पाहि: protect
• पाहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नः: us
• नः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया/षष्ठी-रूप (Accusative/Genitive enclitic), बहुवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपे (us)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Vasus

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha at Setu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Vasus, radiant deities, bow to Rāmanātha; imagery includes Śiva as Gaṅgādhara and surrounded by gaṇas worshipping his feet, while the Vasus ask for constant protection.

Characters & Entities

• Vasus
• Rāmanātha (Śiva)
• Gaṇas
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord who commands divine hosts and bears sacred Gaṅgā is also the intimate protector of devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Setu (Rāmeśvaram), praised with Gaṅgādhara and Gaṇeśa (Gaṇapati in the sense of Gaṇa-lord) epithets.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A protective supplication (pāhi) and salutations; no detailed ritual is specified.