Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु तेऽब्जनाभाय प्रजापतिकृते हर । त्वन्नामस्मरणात्पापमशेषं नः प्रणश्यतु

Transliteration

namo'stu te'bjanābhāya prajāpatikṛte hara | tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu

Translation

ഹേ പദ്മനാഭാ, പ്രജാപതിയുടെ കര്‍മ്മം നിര്‍വഹിക്കുന്ന ഹരേ! നമസ്കാരം. നിന്റെ നാമസ്മരണയാല്‍ ഞങ്ങളുടെ പാപങ്ങള്‍ എല്ലാം നിശ്ശേഷം നശിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation, homage
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः), indeclinable interjection of salutation

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्ग-सदृश), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; imperative/benedictive: “let it be”

• te: to you / for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचनम् (gen./dat. sg.); “of/for you”

• abjanābhāya: to the lotus-naveled (Vishnu)
• abjanābhāya: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abja+nābha (प्रातिपदिक; अब्ज=पद्म + नाभ=नाभि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/दत्त), एकवचनम्; dative singular

• prajāpatikṛte: in (the rite) performed by Prajāpati
• prajāpatikṛte: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prajāpati+kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त: कृत (क्त) from √kṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; locative singular; “in/at (the act) done by Prajāpati”

• hara: O Hara
• hara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचनम्; vocative singular

• tvannāmasmaraṇāt: from remembering your name
• tvannāmasmaraṇāt: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat+nāma+smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; स्मरण from √smṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचनम्; ablative singular; “from remembrance of your name”

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्; accusative singular

• aśeṣam: entire, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; accusative singular; adjective qualifying “pāpam”

• naḥ: of us / our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (genitive) बहुवचनम्; “of us/our”

• praṇaśyatu: may (it) perish
• praṇaśyatu: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+naś (नश् धातु)
• Form: लोट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; imperative/benedictive: “let it perish”

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on the Narmadā bank fold hands to lotus-naveled Viṣṇu, visualized as serene yet cosmic, while chanting for sin-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Abjanābha
• Hari
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord who governs creation and beings is approached through humble salutation; His Name-remembrance is proclaimed as sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The devotional refrain is embedded in the Revā Khaṇḍa, aligned with Narmadā tīrtha merit and purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smaraṇa is the explicit practice; the verse frames it as sufficient for complete pāpa-kṣaya.