Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

नानाविचित्रभुजगांगदभूषणाय सर्वेश्वराय विरजाय नमो वराय । विश्वात्मने परमकारणकारणाय फुल्लारविंदविपुलायतलोचनाय

Transliteration

nānāvicitrabhujagāṃgadabhūṣaṇāya sarveśvarāya virajāya namo varāya | viśvātmane paramakāraṇakāraṇāya phullāraviṃdavipulāyatalocanāya

Translation

ನಾನಾವಿಧ ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಸರ್ಪ-ಅಂಗದಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕೃತನಾದ, ಸರ್ವೇಶ್ವರನಾದ, ನಿರ್ಮಲನಾದ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಪ್ರಭುವಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ವಿಶ್ವಾತ್ಮನಾದ, ಕಾರಣಗಳಿಗೂ ಪರಮ ಕಾರಣನಾದ, ಪೂರ್ಣ ವಿಕಸಿತ ಕಮಲದಂತೆ ವಿಶಾಲ ನೇತ್ರಗಳಿರುವವನಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಣಾಮ.

Word by Word

• नानाविचित्रभुजगाङ्गदभूषणाय: to him whose ornaments are various wondrous serpent-armlets
• नानाविचित्रभुजगाङ्गदभूषणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना + विचित्र + भुजग + अङ्गद + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवविशेषणरूपेण), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वेश्वराय: to the Lord of all
• सर्वेश्वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विरजाय: to the stainless one
• विरजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरज (प्रातिपदिक; वि-रज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya/Salutation (नमस्कार-क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नमस्कारार्थक-प्रयोगः

• वराय: to the excellent one
• वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विश्वात्मने: to the soul of the universe
• विश्वात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमकारणकारणाय: to the supreme cause of causes
• परमकारणकारणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + कारण + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• फुल्लारविन्दविपुलायतलोचनाय: to him whose eyes are wide and long like blossomed lotuses
• फुल्लारविन्दविपुलायतलोचनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फुल्ल + अरविन्द + विपुल + आयत + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवविशेषणरूपेण), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (Purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A congregation of purified ṛṣis offers stuti to a radiant Śiva: wide blossomed lotus-eyes, serene face, adorned with wondrous serpent armlets; cosmic aura suggesting ‘cause of causes’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (addressed)
• Sarveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is both immanent (Viśvātman) and transcendent (Cause of causes); devotion contemplates his beauty and metaphysical supremacy together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the sages’ vision of Śiva’s form and truth becomes a cornerstone of the site’s mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No procedural injunction; it functions as a stotra suitable for recitation in worship, especially in Śiva-oriented tīrtha practice.