Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

परमात्मन्परेशान दुःखहारिन्सनातन । यदर्थमवतारस्ते तच्च कार्यं त्वया कृतम्

Transliteration

paramātmanpareśāna duḥkhahārinsanātana | yadarthamavatāraste tacca kāryaṃ tvayā kṛtam

Translation

ഹേ പരമാത്മാവേ, ഹേ പരേശ്വരാ, ഹേ ദുഃഖഹാരിൻ, ഹേ സനാതനാ! നിന്റെ അവതാരത്തിന്റെ ലക്ഷ്യം ഏതായിരുന്നുവോ, ആ കാര്യം നീ നിർവ്വഹിച്ച് സിദ്ധമാക്കി।

Word by Word

• paramātman: O Supreme Self
• paramātman: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama-ātman (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (परमः आत्मा)

• pareśāna: O Supreme Lord
• pareśāna: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para-īśāna (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (परः ईशानः)

• duḥkhahārin: O remover of sorrow
• duḥkhahārin: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha-hārin (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (दुःखं हरति इति)

• sanātana: O eternal one
• sanātana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• yadartham: for which purpose
• yadartham: Hetu/Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yat-artha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् (for which purpose)

• avatāraḥ: descent/incarnation
• avatāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avatāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; युष्मद्-सर्वनाम

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तद्-सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• kāryam: task; duty
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; युष्मद्-सर्वनाम

• kṛtam: done; accomplished
• kṛtam: Kriya (Result state/क्रियाफल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि (done/accomplished)

Speaker

A woman devotee (speaker not named in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close devotional address: the woman praises Rāma with epithets—Paramātman, Pareśa, Duḥkhahārin, Sanātana—while Rāma stands luminous, calm, and protective; subtle divine aura suggests cosmic completion.

Characters & Entities

• Paramātman (as Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The avatāra is seen as divine compassion: the Eternal Lord descends to remove suffering and restore dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a theological stuti (hymn of praise).