Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

नमो नमः स्वरूपाय पंचबुद्धींद्रियात्मने । क्षित्यादिपंचरूपाय नमस्ते विषयात्मने

Transliteration

namo namaḥ svarūpāya paṃcabuddhīṃdriyātmane | kṣityādipaṃcarūpāya namaste viṣayātmane

Translation

പഞ്ച ജ്ഞാനേന്ദ്രിയങ്ങളുടെ സ്വരൂപനായ നിനക്കു വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നമസ്കാരം. ഭൂമി മുതലായ പഞ്ചരൂപവും വിഷയാത്മാവുമായ നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• namo: salutation
• namo: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः-शब्दस्य निपातवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection of salutation)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः (salutation particle)

• svarūpāya: to (the) essential form/nature
• svarūpāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषणम्; (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• buddhi: intellect
• buddhi: Samāsa-aṅga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक-रूपम् (compound member; not independently declined here)

• indriya: sense-organ
• indriya: Samāsa-aṅga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक-रूपम् (compound member)

• ātmane: to the Self/one whose essence is
• ātmane: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• pañcabuddhīndriyātmane: to the one whose essence is the five (faculties) of intellect and senses
• pañcabuddhīndriyātmane: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + buddhi + indriya + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः (determinative): ‘पञ्च-बुद्धि-इन्द्रिय-आत्मन्’ = whose self consists of five intellect-and-sense(-faculties)

• kṣiti: earth
• kṣiti: Samāsa-aṅga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक-रूपम् (compound member)

• ādi: and the rest; beginning with
• ādi: Samāsa-upapada (etc.-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘आदि’ (etc./beginning with) समासे उपपदत्वेन

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषणम् (compound member)

• rūpāya: to the form
• rūpāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• kṣityādipañcarūpāya: to the one of five forms beginning with earth
• kṣityādipañcarūpāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti + ādi + pañca + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः: ‘क्षिति-आदि-पञ्च-रूप’ = having five forms beginning with earth

• namas: salutation
• namas: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः (salutation)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) / षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अत्र ‘नमस् ते’ = चतुर्थी (to you)

• namaste: salutations to you
• namaste: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas + te (अव्यय + सर्वनाम)
• Form: सन्धि-रूपम्; ‘नमस् ते’ इति (salutation to you)

• viṣaya: object (of senses)
• viṣaya: Samāsa-aṅga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक-रूपम् (compound member)

• ātmane: to the self/essence
• ātmane: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• viṣayātmane: to the one whose essence is the objects (of experience)
• viṣayātmane: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः: ‘विषय-आत्मन्’ = whose essence is the objects (of experience)

Speaker

Unspecified (Devotional eulogy within Dharmāraṇya narrative; likely a sage or narrator-voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative sage offers repeated namaskāra to a cosmic deity whose body subtly contains the five jñānendriyas, the five elements, and the shimmering field of sense-objects; the world appears as a mandala within the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Five Jñānendriyas
• Pañca Mahābhūtas
• Sense-objects (Viṣayas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine pervades both the perceiver and the perceived—senses, elements, and objects—inviting sacred awareness in all experience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is metaphysical; within Dharmāraṇya’s Mahātmya it frames the forest-tīrtha as a place where the whole world is seen as divine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is listed; repeated namaskāra and mindful devotion are implied.