Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अंजनीसूनवे नित्यं सर्वव्याधिहराय च । नागयज्ञोपवीताय प्रबलाय नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

aṃjanīsūnave nityaṃ sarvavyādhiharāya ca | nāgayajñopavītāya prabalāya namo'stu te

Translation

അഞ്ജനീസുതാ, നിനക്കു നിത്യം നമസ്കാരം; നീ സർവ്വവ്യാധികളും ഹരിക്കുന്നവൻ. നാഗത്തെ യജ്ഞോപവീതമായി ധരിച്ച പ്രബലനേ, നമസ്കാരം।

Word by Word

• अंजनीसूनवे: to Añjanī’s son
• अंजनीसूनवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंजनी (प्रातिपदिक) + सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अंजन्याः सूनुः)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala/Time (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative used indeclinably)

• सर्वव्याधिहराय: to the remover of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिहराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां व्याधीनां हरः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नागयज्ञोपवीताय: to the one whose sacred thread is a serpent
• नागयज्ञोपवीताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञोपवीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नागः एव यज्ञोपवीतम् / नागस्य यज्ञोपवीतम् इति व्याख्येयम्)

• प्रबलाय: to the mighty one
• प्रबलाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (salutation)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān, son of Añjanī, stands powerful; a serpent is worn diagonally as sacred thread; devotees seek relief from ailments, receiving blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Añjanī
• Nāga (serpent)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine strength is also restorative—Hanumān is invoked as both protector and healer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is devotional and iconographic rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invocation for healing and protection through praise/namaskāra is implied.