Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

शुक्र उवाच । वंचकानामलभ्याय महामंत्रार्थरूपिणे । नमो द्वैतविहीनाय रामनाथाय शंभवे

Transliteration

śukra uvāca | vaṃcakānāmalabhyāya mahāmaṃtrārtharūpiṇe | namo dvaitavihīnāya rāmanāthāya śaṃbhave

Translation

Śukra dit : Hommage à Toi, inaccessible aux trompeurs, Toi qui incarnes le sens même du grand mantra. Salut au Sans-dualité : à Rāmanātha, à Śambhu.

Word by Word

• शुक्रः: Śukra
• शुक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• वंचकानाम्: of deceivers
• वंचकानाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अलभ्याय: to the unattainable
• अलभ्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलभ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied deity)

• महामन्त्रार्थरूपिणे: to the embodiment of the meaning of the great mantra
• महामन्त्रार्थरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामन्त्रार्थरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक: महा + मन्त्र + अर्थ + रूपिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महामन्त्रस्य अर्थरूपः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (salutatory)

• द्वैतविहीनाय: to the one devoid of duality
• द्वैतविहीनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वैतविहीन (प्रातिपदिक: द्वैत + विहीन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः तृतीया/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (द्वैतेन विहीनः / द्वैतात् विहीनः)

• रामनाथाय: to the Lord of Rāma
• रामनाथाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक: राम + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य नाथः)

• शंभवे: to Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śukra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāmanātha/Śambhu (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra, preceptor of the asuras, offers a refined stuti to Śambhu-Rāmanātha, highlighting mantra-essence; the scene contrasts inner sincerity with the idea of deceivers being barred from true access.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Rāmanātha (Śiva)
• Śambhu
• Mahāmantra (unspecified)
• Advaita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual realization requires inner integrity; the deceitful cannot grasp the mantra’s truth, while the sincere reach Śambhu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, where Śiva is praised as Rāmanātha and as the essence behind mantra and non-dual truth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implicitly elevates mantra-japa grounded in honesty and purity.