Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

चतुर्थोऽभूद्यथा ब्रह्मा परमेष्ठीति विश्रुतः । अनामयेति देवस्य तदा नाम स्मृतं शुभे

Transliteration

caturtho'bhūdyathā brahmā parameṣṭhīti viśrutaḥ | anāmayeti devasya tadā nāma smṛtaṃ śubhe

Translation

ಚತುರ್ಥ ಕಲ್ಪದಲ್ಲಿ, ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ‘ಪರಮೇಷ್ಠೀ’ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಹೇ ಶುಭೇ, ದೇವರ ನಾಮ ‘ಅನಾಮಯ’ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿತು।

Word by Word

• caturthaḥ: the fourth
• caturthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yathā: as/when
• yathā: Sambandha (Link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/कालवाचक-अव्यय (as/when)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• parameṣṭhī: Parameṣṭhī (the supreme one seated above)
• parameṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय

• viśrutaḥ: was renowned
• viśrutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• anāmaya: Anāmaya (disease-free)
• anāmaya: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anāmaya (प्रातिपदिक: a- + āmaya)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (free from disease)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय

• devasya: of the deity
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• nāma: as the name
• nāma: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नामनिर्देशे

• smṛtam: was remembered/mentioned
• smṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was remembered/recorded)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śubhe (addressed as ‘O auspicious one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The fourth cycle: Brahmā as Parameṣṭhī presiding in calm majesty; the Somnātha liṅga is invoked as Anāmaya, emanating a cool, soothing aura that dispels disease and sorrow over the coastal shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Brahmā (Parameṣṭhī)
• Anāmaya
• Somanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is intrinsically untouched by suffering and can remove affliction for those who take refuge in Him.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva is recalled as Anāmaya in a particular cosmic era.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the focus is on remembrance of the name as part of the kṣetra’s māhātmya.