Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नमो वराहरूपाय क्रान्तलोकत्रयाय च । व्याप्ताशेषदिगन्ताय केशवाय नमोनमः

Transliteration

namo varāharūpāya krāntalokatrayāya ca | vyāptāśeṣadigantāya keśavāya namonamaḥ

Translation

വരാഹരൂപനായ പ്രഭുവിന് നമസ്കാരം; ത്രിലോകം കടന്നുചെന്നവന് നമസ്കാരം. എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളുടെ അറ്റംവരെ വ്യാപിച്ച കേശവനു വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും പ്രണാമം.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• वराहरूपाय: to the one of Boar-form
• वराहरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular; तत्पुरुष (वराहस्य रूपम्)

• क्रान्तलोकत्रयाय: to the traverser of the three worlds
• क्रान्तलोकत्रयाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रान्त (कृदन्त; √क्रम् (धातु) + क्त) + लोकत्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular; तत्पुरुष (लोकत्रयं क्रान्तः = who has traversed the three worlds)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• व्याप्ताशेषदिगन्ताय: to the one who pervades all directions
• व्याप्ताशेषदिगन्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याप्त (कृदन्त; √व्याप् (धातु) + क्त) + अशेष + दिगन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular; तत्पुरुष (अशेषं दिगन्तं व्याप्तः = pervading all horizons)

• केशवाय: to Keśava
• केशवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Andhaka (deduced; preceding praise before the boon dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Varāha with Earth (Bhūdevī) raised on his tusk; behind him, a translucent Trivikrama stride across three worlds; the horizon in all directions filled with a subtle Keśava aura, suggesting omnipresence.

Characters & Entities

• Varāha
• Keśava
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion begins with humility—recognizing the Lord as all-pervading and sovereign over the three worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape is the setting, though this verse itself is a direct praise of Varāha/Keśava rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the act implied is stuti/namaskāra (reverential salutation).