Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नमः परेशाय नमो विभूम्ने नमोस्तु लक्ष्मीपतये विधात्रे । नमोस्तु सूर्येंदुविलोचनाय नमो विरिंच्याद्यभिवंदिताय

Transliteration

namaḥ pareśāya namo vibhūmne namostu lakṣmīpataye vidhātre | namostu sūryeṃduvilocanāya namo viriṃcyādyabhivaṃditāya

Translation

പരമേശ്വരനു നമസ്കാരം, സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ മഹാവിഭൂതിക്കു നമസ്കാരം; ലക്ഷ്മീപതി വിധാത്രിക്കു നമസ്കാരം. സൂര്യചന്ദ്രന്മാർ കണ്ണുകളായവനു നമസ്കാരം; വിരിഞ്ചി (ബ്രഹ്മ) മുതലായവർ അഭിവന്ദിക്കുന്നവനു നമസ്കാരം।

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• pareśāya: to the supreme Lord
• pareśāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय) ‘परः ईशः’

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• vibhūmne: to the all-pervading/majestic one
• vibhūmne: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhūman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘विभूमन्’ (महिमन्/विभूति)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• lakṣmī-pataye: to the Lord of Lakṣmī
• lakṣmī-pataye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘लक्ष्म्याः पतिः’

• vidhātre: to the ordainer/creator
• vidhātre: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhātr̥ (प्रातिपदिक from √dhā धा with vi-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sūrya-indu-vilocanāya: to the one whose eyes are (like) sun and moon
• sūrya-indu-vilocanāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + indu (प्रातिपदिक) + vilocana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय) ‘सूर्येन्दु-सदृशे विलोचने यस्य’

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• viriñci-ādi-abhivanditāya: to the one revered by Brahmā and others
• viriñci-ādi-abhivanditāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viriñci (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + abhivandita (कृदन्त/ppp of abhi-√vand वन्द्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘विरिञ्च्यादिभिः अभिवन्दितः’

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setutīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jagadīśvara (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity is praised as supreme and all-pervading; artistic focus on cosmic eyes—sun and moon—within a serene face, with Brahmā and other beings implied as worshippers.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī
• Brahmā (Viriñci)
• Sun
• Moon

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God is supreme yet immanent—pervading the cosmos while remaining the personal Lord adored by devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha, as the context in which this universal vision of Hari is articulated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a hymn of salutations (namaskāra/stotra).