Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जांबुवानुवाच । सर्वानंदो यदानंदो भासते परमार्थतः । नमो रामेश्वरायास्मै परमानंदरूपिणे

Transliteration

jāṃbuvānuvāca | sarvānaṃdo yadānaṃdo bhāsate paramārthataḥ | namo rāmeśvarāyāsmai paramānaṃdarūpiṇe

Translation

Jāmbavān dit : Cette béatitude qui est la béatitude de tous, qui resplendit comme la vérité suprême; hommage à ce Rāmeśvara, dont la forme est la félicité suprême.

Word by Word

• जांबुवान्: Jāmbavān
• जांबुवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जांबुवत्/जांबुवान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सर्वानन्दः: the all-bliss (supreme bliss)
• सर्वानन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + आनन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (all = supreme)

• यद्: which/that
• यद्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative)

• आनन्दः: bliss
• आनन्दः: Predicate/Viśeṣya (complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भासते: shines, is manifest
• भासते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भास् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• परमार्थतः: in the ultimate sense, truly
• परमार्थतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परमार्थतः (अव्यय; परमार्थ + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya-artha (Salutation expression)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थक

• रामेश्वराय: to Rāmeśvara (Lord of Rāma)
• रामेश्वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; राम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• अस्मै: to this (one), to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• परमानन्दरूपिणे: to the one whose form is supreme bliss
• परमानन्दरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-आनन्द-रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक; परम + आनन्द + रूपिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative)

Speaker

Jāmbavān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jāmbavān, aged and wise, offers a serene hymn before the liṅga; the atmosphere is quiet, with lamps and the sea breeze, emphasizing bliss as the highest truth.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmbavān
• Śiva (Rāmeśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The ultimate reality is blissful; worship of Rāmeśvara reveals the ‘supreme bliss’ nature of the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram (Setu), explicitly named as the locus of Śiva’s supreme-bliss form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is explicit; the verse is a salutation praising the Lord’s essential nature.