Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

नमो नमस्ते गोविन्द नारायण जनार्दन । त्वन्नामस्मरणात्पापमशेषं नः प्रणश्यतु

Transliteration

namo namaste govinda nārāyaṇa janārdana | tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu

Translation

ಗೋವಿಂದ, ನಾರಾಯಣ, ಜನಾರ್ದನ! ನಿನಗೆ ಪುನಃಪುನಃ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ನಿನ್ನ ನಾಮಸ್ಮರಣದಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪಾಪಗಳು ನಿಶ್ಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ನಾಶವಾಗಲಿ.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Utterance/क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; indeclinable-like usage as salutation

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Utterance/क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; enclitic ‘to you’

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• गोविन्द: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• नारायण: O Nārāyaṇa
• नारायण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• त्वत्-नाम-स्मरणात्: from remembering your name
• त्वत्-नाम-स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नाम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘त्वद्-नाम्नः स्मरणम्’), ablative ‘from/through remembering your name’

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• अशेषम्: entire, without remainder
• अशेषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; enclitic ‘our’

• प्रणश्यतु: may it perish, be destroyed
• प्रणश्यतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devotees/Sages (stotra-style nāma-japa praise within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) ghāṭas (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a river ghāṭa with wet hair after snāna, hands folded, chanting ‘namo namaste’ to Viṣṇu; the three names appear as luminous syllables above the water, dissolving dark stains symbolizing pāpa.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda
• Nārāyaṇa
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-smaraṇa (remembering the divine Name) is upheld as a direct purifier that destroys sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn occurs in the Revā Khaṇḍa context, associating nāma-japa with the sanctity of the Narmadā tīrtha region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smaraṇa (japa/remembering the Names of Viṣṇu) is explicitly recommended as the purificatory practice.