Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

भूयोभूयो नमस्यामि पातकं मे विनश्यतु । भक्त्यैवं स्तुवतस्तस्य रामनाथं महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

bhūyobhūyo namasyāmi pātakaṃ me vinaśyatu | bhaktyaivaṃ stuvatastasya rāmanāthaṃ maheśvaram

Translation

Encore et encore je me prosterne ; que mon péché soit anéanti. Ainsi, le louant avec dévotion, il célébra Rāmanātha, le Grand Seigneur (Maheśvara)…

Word by Word

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-निपातः (adverb: ‘again’)

• भूयः: again and again
• भूयः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-निपातः (adverb)

• नमस्यामि: I bow
• नमस्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्/नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (subject of vinaśyatu)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विनश्यतु: may it perish
• विनश्यतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारार्थे (instrumental of means/manner)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘thus’)

• स्तुवतः: of (one) praising
• स्तुवतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle/शतृ) from √स्तु ‘to praise’, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रामनाथम्: Rāmanātha
• रामनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक; राम + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महेश्वरम्: the Great Lord (Maheśvara)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः (appositional epithet)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta) quoting a devotee’s prayer (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee repeatedly prostrates before the Rāmanātha liṅga, hands folded, tears of contrition; the deity’s presence is majestic yet compassionate; the atmosphere suggests sin dissolving like darkness before lamp-light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated surrender (namaskāra) joined with heartfelt praise becomes a means for pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha in the Setu region, approached through stuti and prostration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra and repeated namaskāra as a devotional practice aimed at purification.