Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

रामेति द्व्यक्षरजपः सर्वपापापनोदकः । गच्छंस्तिष्ठञ्छयानो वा मनुजो रामकीर्तनात्

Transliteration

rāmeti dvyakṣarajapaḥ sarvapāpāpanodakaḥ | gacchaṃstiṣṭhañchayāno vā manujo rāmakīrtanāt

Translation

Le japa de deux syllabes — « Rāma » — efface tous les péchés. Qu’il marche, se tienne debout ou même soit couché, l’homme est purifié par la louange du Nom de Rāma.

Word by Word

• राम: ‘Rāma’
• राम: Karma (Quoted/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘इति’ इत्यनेन उद्धृत-शब्दः

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• द्व्यक्षरजपः: the repetition of the two-syllable (name)
• द्व्यक्षरजपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-अक्षर-जप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-पूर्वपदयुक्तः तत्पुरुषः (द्वे अक्षरे यस्य/द्व्यक्षरस्य जपः)

• सर्वपापापनोदकः: remover of all sins
• सर्वपापापनोदकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-अपनोदक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानाम् अपनोदकः)

• गच्छन्: going
• गच्छन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तिष्ठन्: standing
• तिष्ठन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शयानः: lying down
• शयानः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शी (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (ātmanepada participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• मनुजः: a person
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रामकीर्तनात्: from chanting Rāma (because of it)
• रामकीर्तनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य कीर्तनम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like scene: the same devotee walking on a road, standing at a shrine, and lying at rest—each time a luminous ‘Rāma’ emanates from the mouth, dissolving dark ‘pāpa’ forms into light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine Name-chanting is accessible in all postures and daily activities, and is celebrated as a powerful purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No geographical tīrtha is specified; the verse elevates nāma-kīrtana itself as a universally available source of merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chant the two-syllabled name “Rāma” as japa/kīrtana at all times—while moving, standing, or resting.