Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमपि देवेशि रामनाम सदा वद । रामनाम जपेद्यो वै मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

tasmāttvamapi deveśi rāmanāma sadā vada | rāmanāma japedyo vai mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

Darum, o Göttin, Herrin der Götter, sprich auch du stets den Namen „Rāma“. Wer wahrhaft den Namen Rāmas wiederholt, wird von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Logical connector (हेतु/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत्; हेतौ/तस्मादर्थे (therefore)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); ‘also’ अर्थे

• देवेशि: O goddess, lady of the Lord of gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘देवेशी’ = देवेशस्य पत्नी/देवी (O goddess)

• राम-नाम: Rāma’s name
• राम-नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य नाम)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla (Time adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वद: say, utter
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राम-नाम: Rāma’s name
• राम-नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: from all sins
• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: Apādāna/Instrument (Cause of release/हेतु-निमित्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वाणि किल्बिषाणि)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine teacher addresses Devī: she holds a japamālā, repeating ‘Rāma’; dark smoke-like sins dissolve into light; a river-ghat silhouette suggests tīrtha backdrop without specifying a site.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma-nāma
• Deveśī (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant remembrance and repetition of Rāma-nāma is a direct means to purification and release from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named; the verse is an instruction (upadeśa) about nāma-japa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Always uttering and performing japa of ‘Rāma-nāma’ for liberation from all kilbiṣas (sins).