Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

जय पापहरानंत जय जन्मज्वरापह । नमः कमलनाभाय नमः कमलमालिने

Transliteration

jaya pāpaharānaṃta jaya janmajvarāpaha | namaḥ kamalanābhāya namaḥ kamalamāline

Translation

Sieg dem Unendlichen, der Sünde tilgt; Sieg dem, der das Fieber der wiederholten Geburt vertreibt. Verehrung dem Herrn mit dem Lotusnabel; Verehrung dem, der mit Lotusgirlanden geschmückt ist.

Word by Word

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; स्तुत्यर्थ-निपातः

• पापहर: O remover of sin
• पापहर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य हरः)

• अनन्त: O infinite one
• अनन्त: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; स्तुत्यर्थ-निपातः

• जन्मज्वरापह: O remover of the fever of birth
• जन्मज्वरापह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + अपह (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ with apa-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जन्मज्वरस्य अपहः = नाशकः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थे निपातः (indeclinable form of नमस्)

• कमलनाभाय: to the lotus-naveled one
• कमलनाभाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमलनाभ (प्रातिपदिक: कमल + नाभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (कमला नाभिः यस्य सः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थे निपातः

• कमलमालिने: to the wearer of a lotus-garland
• कमलमालिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमलमालिन् (प्रातिपदिक: कमल + मालिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कमलानां मालिन् = कमलमालाधरः)

Speaker

Viṣṇuśarmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sarayū-tīrtha as implied setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn on the Sarayū ghāṭa offers añjali while envisioning Padmanābha: Viṣṇu reclining on Śeṣa, lotus rising from the navel, garlanded with lotuses; the city of Ayodhyā glows behind.

Characters & Entities

• Ananta (Viṣṇu)
• Kamalanābha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Viṣṇu is invoked as the remover of sin and the healer of saṃsāra itself, emphasizing liberation through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā Māhātmya frames this praise, implying that devotion in Ayodhyā is especially conducive to pāpa-kṣaya and spiritual release.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaḥ (salutatory worship) and jaya-stuti—devotional recitation of the Lord’s epithets.