Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

कुबेर उवाच । ईश्वराय लसत्कर्णकुंडलाभरणाय ते । लाक्षारुणशरीराय नमो रामेश्वराय वै

Transliteration

kubera uvāca | īśvarāya lasatkarṇakuṃḍalābharaṇāya te | lākṣāruṇaśarīrāya namo rāmeśvarāya vai

Translation

Kubera dit : Salut à Toi, Seigneur, dont les pendants d’oreille étincellent ; à Toi dont le corps rayonne d’une lueur rouge de laque. Devant Rāmeśvara, je m’incline en vérité.

Word by Word

• कुबेरः: Kubera
• कुबेरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• ईश्वराय: to the Lord
• ईश्वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• लसत्कर्णकुण्डलाभरणाय: to (him) whose ornament is shining ear-rings
• लसत्कर्णकुण्डलाभरणाय: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लसत् (कृदन्त, √लस्) + कर्ण + कुण्डल + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—(लसत्-कर्ण-कुण्डल)-आभरण = ‘having/with ornaments of shining ear-rings’ (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लाक्षारुणशरीराय: to (him) whose body is lac-red
• लाक्षारुणशरीराय: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लाक्षा + अरुण + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—लाक्षा-अरुण-शरीर = ‘having a body red like lac’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection); नमः-प्रयोगः दत्तिवाचक-सम्बन्धे (used with dative)

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

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात/अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारण/सम्भावनार्थक

Speaker

Kubera

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Setu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) The assembled devas/ṛṣis; ultimately the audience of the Purāṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera, lord of wealth, stands with folded hands before the Rāmeśvara liṅga; the deity is envisioned with radiant ear-ornaments and a lac-red glow suffusing the form; temple lamps and sea-breeze suggest Setu-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Kubera
• Īśvara
• Rāmeśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True wealth culminates in humility—Kubera, lord of riches, models devotion by bowing to Rāmeśvara as the supreme refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram in the Setukhaṇḍa context, associated with Setu (Rāma Setu) and the worship of Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse functions as a stotra (praise) suitable for japa and worship of Rāmeśvara.