Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ऋषय उचुः । ज्योतिर्मय नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते हरिवल्लभ । सुदर्शन नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्राराऽक्षराऽव्यय

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ucuḥ | jyotirmaya namaste'stu namaste harivallabha | sudarśana namaste'stu sahasrārā'kṣarā'vyaya

Translation

Die Weisen sprachen: „O Strahlender, Verehrung dir; Verehrung dir, Geliebter Haris. O Sudarśana, Verehrung dir — tausendspeichig, unvergänglich, ohne Verfall.“

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• ज्योतिर्मय: O luminous one
• ज्योतिर्मय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; मयट्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘ज्योतिषा मयः’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमः-शब्दः), प्रणामार्थक-निपात

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to you/your’ (नमः + चतुर्थी)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रणामार्थक

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (नमः + चतुर्थी)

• हरिवल्लभ: O beloved of Hari
• हरिवल्लभ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari + vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हरेः वल्लभः)

• सुदर्शन: O Sudarśana
• सुदर्शन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सु-दर्शन’ = ‘good/beautiful to behold’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रणामार्थक

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

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सहस्रार: O thousand-spoked one
• सहस्रार: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra + ara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (सहस्रम् अराः यस्य)

• अक्षर: O imperishable one
• अक्षर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अव्यय: O unchanging one
• अव्यय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages / Brahmaputras in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages with folded hands chant before a hovering, radiant Sudarśana chakra—thousand-spoked, emitting concentric flames and light, as if a miniature sun.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Sudarśana
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional surrender to the Lord’s protective śakti: praising Sudarśana affirms faith in dharma’s invincible guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s māhātmya context frames this hymn-like praise as part of the city’s sacred encounter with Viṣṇu’s power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of salutations (namas) functions as stotra-style worship; explicit materials are not specified in this verse.