Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

महात्मने वरेण्याय नमः पंकजनाभये । नमोऽस्तु मायाहरये हरये हरिवेधसे

Transliteration

mahātmane vareṇyāya namaḥ paṃkajanābhaye | namo'stu māyāharaye haraye harivedhase

Translation

Salutations to the great-souled, the most worthy—to the Lotus-naveled Lord. May there be salutations to Hari who removes delusion, to Hari, to Hari the supreme Ordainer.

Word by Word

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; आत्मन्-शब्दः (an-stem)

• वरेण्याय: to the most excellent/choice-worthy (one)
• वरेण्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (worthy of choice/praise)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पंकज-नाभये: to the lotus-naveled (one)
• पंकज-नाभये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंकज (प्रातिपदिक) + नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; नाभि-शब्दः (i-stem), रूपम्—नाभये (dative)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• माया-हरये: to the remover of māyā
• माया-हरये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) + हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; हरि-शब्दः (i-stem), रूपम्—हरये

• हरये: to Hari
• हरये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• हरि-वेधसे: to Hari-and-Vedhas (both as one)
• हरि-वेधसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (Hari and Vedhas) used as a combined epithet

Speaker

Ṛṣis

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Prabhāsa offers añjali before a radiant Viṣṇu (lotus-naveled), with oceanic light and temple lamps; the deity is shown as dispelling a dark veil of delusion.

Characters & Entities

• Pāñkajanābha
• Hari
• Māyāharī
• Vedhas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refuge is in the Lord who dispels māyā and restores right vision, enabling dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, celebrated through the sages’ hymns and divine intervention narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the implied practice is nāma-smaraṇa and stotra-pāṭha.