Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

नमस्ते पद्मनाभाय पांचजन्यधराय च । वासुदेव नमस्तुभ्यं देवकीनंदनाय च

Transliteration

namaste padmanābhāya pāṃcajanyadharāya ca | vāsudeva namastubhyaṃ devakīnaṃdanāya ca

Translation

Hommage à Toi, Padmanābha, et au Porteur de la Pāñcajanya (conque). Ô Vāsudeva, hommage à Toi ; hommage au Fils de Devakī.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) / षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थ्यर्थे (to you)

• padma-nābhāya: to the lotus-naveled one
• padma-nābhāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• pāṃcajanya-dharāya: to the bearer of Pāñcajanya (conch)
• pāṃcajanya-dharāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṃcajanya (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• vāsudeva: O Vāsudeva
• vāsudeva: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (vocative singular)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• tubhyaṃ: to you
• tubhyaṃ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular pronoun)

• devakī-naṃdanāya: to Devakī's son
• devakī-naṃdanāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devakī (प्रातिपदिक) + naṃdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as Vāsudeva holds Pāñcajanya conch; from his navel blooms the lotus of creation (Padmanābha). A devotee in Kāśī offers añjali near the river, hearing the conch-call as inner awakening.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Padmanābha
• Pāñcajanya
• Vāsudeva
• Devakī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering the Lord by His sacred names and emblems is itself a purifier and refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the implied holy setting of this chapter’s stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse implies nāma-smaraṇa (name-remembrance) as a devotional act.