Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

रामाय रामचन्द्राय वरेण्याय सुखात्मने । विश्वामित्रप्रियायेदं नमः खरविदारिणे

Transliteration

rāmāya rāmacandrāya vareṇyāya sukhātmane | viśvāmitrapriyāyedaṃ namaḥ kharavidāriṇe

Translation

Hommage à Rāma, à Rāmacandra, le plus digne, dont l’essence est la béatitude propice ; bien-aimé de Viśvāmitra ; destructeur de Khara : à Lui va cette prosternation.

Word by Word

• रामाय: to Rāma
• रामाय: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचनम्

• रामचन्द्राय: to Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्राय: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (राम + चन्द्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्; रामः चन्द्र इव (Rāma, moon-like)

• वरेण्याय: to the most excellent
• वरेण्याय: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्; (worthy of choice/praise)

• सुखात्मने: to the bliss-natured one
• सुखात्मने: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुखात्मन् (सुख + आत्मन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्; सुखः आत्मा यस्य/सुखरूप आत्मा (one whose nature is bliss)

• विश्वामित्रप्रियाय: to the beloved of Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रप्रियाय: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वामित्रप्रिय (विश्वामित्र + प्रिय) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्; विश्वामित्रस्य प्रियः (dear to Viśvāmitra)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचनम्; अत्र ‘इदं नमः’ = this salutation

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• खरविदारिणे: to the slayer of Khara
• खरविदारिणे: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खरविदारिन् (खर + विदारिन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्; खरं विदारयति इति (destroyer of Khara)

Speaker

Hanumān (Vāyuputra), offering stuti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (recitation locus) with Rāma-kathā epithets spanning multiple sacred geographies

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma as Rāmacandra, radiant and serene, with bow in hand; a subtle split-scene: Viśvāmitra blessing him on one side, and the defeat of Khara suggested on the other; Setu shoreline hinted as the present recitation setting.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Viśvāmitra
• Khara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is supremely worthy and blissful in essence, and He upholds dharma by destroying adharmic forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram, within whose māhātmya Rāma’s virtues and deeds are invoked as sanctifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; it is a praise-verse suitable for recitation during pilgrimage and worship.