Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

त्रिविक्रमाय भवते बलियज्ञ विभेदिने । नमो वामनरूपाय नमो मंदरधारिणे

Transliteration

trivikramāya bhavate baliyajña vibhedine | namo vāmanarūpāya namo maṃdaradhāriṇe

Translation

Hommage à Toi comme Trivikrama, qui fis éclater le sacrifice de Bali ; hommage à Ta forme de Vāmana ; hommage au porteur du mont Mandara.

Word by Word

• त्रिविक्रमाय: to Trivikrama
• त्रिविक्रमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्य त्रयः विक्रमाः (त्रीणि पदानि) सः

• भवते: to you (honorific)
• भवते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम (honorific pronoun)

• बलि: Bali
• बलि: Sambandha (Genitival relation within compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• यज्ञ: sacrifice
• यज्ञ: Sambandha (Object within compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• विभेदिने: to the one who disrupted/broke
• विभेदिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-√भिद् (धातु) + विभेदिन् (कृदन्त, णिनि-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojaka (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमः-शब्दः, indeclinable interjection)

• वामनरूपाय: to the dwarf-form
• वामनरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (रूप), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—वामनस्य रूपम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojaka (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमः-शब्दः, indeclinable interjection)

• मन्दरधारिणे: to the bearer of Mount Mandara
• मन्दरधारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर + धारिन् (√धृ (धातु) + णिनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—मन्दरं धारयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः)

Speaker

Deductive: a devotee/narratorial voice within Setukhaṇḍa invoking avatāra deeds to magnify Rāma’s divinity

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (stotra locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Threefold imagery: Trivikrama striding across worlds; Vāmana as small brahmacārin receiving water-gift at Bali’s yajña; Viṣṇu supporting Mandara during ocean churning with devas and asuras.

Characters & Entities

• Trivikrama
• Vāmana
• Bali
• Mandara (mountain)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power humbles pride and protects cosmic balance, whether through gentle means (Vāmana) or cosmic stride (Trivikrama).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram) provides the pilgrimage frame for this praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse is a remembrance of avatāra-līlās for devotion.