Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यं विना न जगत्सत्ता तद्भानमपि नो भवेत् । नमः सद्भानरूपाय रामनाथाय शंभवे

Transliteration

yaṃ vinā na jagatsattā tadbhānamapi no bhavet | namaḥ sadbhānarūpāya rāmanāthāya śaṃbhave

Translation

Sans Lui, le monde n’aurait pas d’existence, et même son éclat ne serait pas; hommage à Śambhu, à Rāmanātha, dont la forme est l’Être vrai et la Lumière vraie.

Word by Word

• yam: whom
• yam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Adverbial (Upapada relation/उपपद-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गार्थक/सह-निषेध; ‘without’), द्वितीयासह

• na: not
• na: Negation (Nishedha/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• jagat-sattā: the existence of the world
• jagat-sattā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + sattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जगतः सत्ता’

• tad: that
• tad: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (that)

• bhānam: shining/illumination
• bhānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; ‘also/even’)

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘our’

• bhavet: would be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (संभावना/आदेश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• sadbhāna-rūpāya: to the one whose form is true radiance
• sadbhāna-rūpāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘सद्भानस्य रूपः’ (सद्भानरूप)

• rāmanāthāya: to the Lord of Rāma
• rāmanāthāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘रामस्य नाथः’

• śaṃbhave: to Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhave: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee in the Setukhaṇḍa hymn-cycle (speaker not named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic vision overlays the Rāmanātha liṅga: the universe appears as a faint projection within a vast field of luminous being; the sea and sky merge into a single radiance, suggesting sat and bhāna.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Rāmanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is affirmed as the underlying reality—existence and illumination—so devotion aligns the mind with the ultimate ground of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram (Setu), where Śiva is praised in cosmic terms as Rāmanātha and Śambhu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse is doctrinal praise (stuti) expressed through salutations.