Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो विष्णु रूपाय विष्णुचक्राय ते नमः । गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं सर्वकामप्रदो भव

Transliteration

oṃ namo viṣṇu rūpāya viṣṇucakrāya te namaḥ | gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ sarvakāmaprado bhava

Translation

Oṁ—Ehrerbietung der Gestalt Viṣṇus; Ehrerbietung dir, dem Diskus Viṣṇus. Nimm das von mir dargebrachte Arghya an; sei der Spender aller gewünschten Ziele.

Word by Word

• oṃ: Oṃ
• oṃ: Sambandha (Invocation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: oṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गल/प्रणव-शब्दः, अव्यय

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः, अव्ययप्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection of salutation), दत्ते दत्ते चतुर्थीसम्बन्धः

• viṣṇu-rūpāya: to the form of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇu-rūpāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (rūpa), चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: विष्णोः रूपम् (to the form of Viṣṇu)

• viṣṇu-cakrāya: to Viṣṇu's discus
• viṣṇu-cakrāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (cakra), चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: विष्णोः चक्रम् (to Viṣṇu's discus)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (your/to you) — मन्त्रप्रयोगे चतुर्थ्यर्थः (to you)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः, अव्ययप्रयोगः (salutation)

• gṛhāṇa: accept (you)
• gṛhāṇa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; धातु: ग्रह् (to take/accept)

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

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• dattam: given
• dattam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; धातु: दा (to give); (arghyam इति पदस्य विशेषणम्)

• sarva-kāma-pradaḥ: giver of all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति इति (giver of all desires)

• bhava: be (become)
• bhava: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: भू (to be/become)

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator quoting the prescribed mantra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims addressed as dvija/vipra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a sea-side/riverine ghāṭa in Dvārakā offers arghya with joined palms toward a radiant Sudarśana-disc emblem near the tīrtha, with temple spires in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇu-cakra (Sudarśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the divine with surrender and praise turns worship into a channel for dharmic fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha at Dvārakā, where the Viṣṇu-cakra is invoked and worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite this mantra while offering arghya to Viṣṇu’s discus (Sudarśana/Viṣṇu-cakra).