Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

नमस्ते विश्वरूपाय विष्णवे परमात्मने । अर्घ्यं गृहाण देवेश कूपेऽस्मिन्नृगसंज्ञके

Transliteration

namaste viśvarūpāya viṣṇave paramātmane | arghyaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa kūpe'sminnṛgasaṃjñake

Translation

„Ehrerbietung Dir, o Viṣṇu von universaler Gestalt, höchstes Selbst. O Herr der Götter, nimm dieses Arghya an in diesem Brunnen, der Nṛga genannt wird.“

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उद्गार), नमस्कारार्थे; indeclinable interjection meaning ‘salutation’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to you’

• viśvarūpāya: to the universal-formed one
• viśvarūpāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva+rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘विश्वं रूपं यस्य/विश्व-रूपः’

• viṣṇave: to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇave: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• paramātmane: to the Supreme Self
• paramātmane: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama+ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भावः—‘परमः आत्मा’

• arghyam: arghya-offering (water/oblation)
• arghyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arghya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gṛhāṇa: accept
• gṛhāṇa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva+īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘देवानाम् ईशः’

• kūpe: in the well
• kūpe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in this’

• nṛgasaṃjñake: in (the well) named Nṛga
• nṛgasaṃjñake: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nṛga+saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘नृगस्य संज्ञा यस्य’ (named Nṛga)

Speaker

Prahlāda (teaching the invocation/mantra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nṛga-kūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas / brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands by the well, hands extended with arghya; above the water’s surface appears a subtle vision of Viṣṇu as Viśvarūpa—cosmic forms within a radiant aura—while the mantra of homage is uttered.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Paramātman
• Deveśa
• Nṛga-kūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha worship is centered on recognizing Viṣṇu as the Paramātman and offering reverence through prescribed invocations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nṛga-kūpa (the well named after Nṛga) within Dvārakā-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite this salutation and offer arghya to Viṣṇu/Deveśa at the Nṛga-named well.