Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

नमस्कारेण च प्रीतो वरदोऽहं तवागतः । गालव उवाच । नारायण रमानाथ पीतांबर जगन्मय

Transliteration

namaskāreṇa ca prīto varado'haṃ tavāgataḥ | gālava uvāca | nārāyaṇa ramānātha pītāṃbara jaganmaya

Translation

നിന്റെ നമസ്കാരത്തിൽ പ്രസന്നനായി, വരദാതാവായി ഞാൻ നിന്റെ അടുക്കൽ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു. ഗാലവൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ നാരായണാ, ഹേ രമാനാഥാ, ഹേ പീതാംബരധാരീ, ഹേ ജഗന്മയാ!

Word by Word

• नमस्कारेण: by salutation
• नमस्कारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करण-प्रयोगः (by means of salutation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त; √प्री प्रीतौ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (pleased)

• वरदः: boon-giver
• वरदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक; वर+द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वरं ददाति इति)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धः (of you/for you)

• आगतः: has come
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; √गम् गतौ, उपसर्गः आ-)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण/वाक्ये क्रिया-भावः (has come)

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नारायण: O Nārāyaṇa
• नारायण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रमानाथ: O Lord of Ramā
• रमानाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रमानाथ (प्रातिपदिक; रमा+नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रमायाः नाथः)

• पीताम्बर: O wearer of yellow garments
• पीताम्बर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीताम्बर (प्रातिपदिक; पीत+अम्बर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (पीतम् अम्बरं यस्य)

• जगन्मय: O all-pervading (made of the world)
• जगन्मय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगन्मय (प्रातिपदिक; जगत्+मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जगत्-मयः = world-pervading)

Speaker

Hari / Śauri (first sentence), then Gālava (direct address begins)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Rāmeśvara/Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage (Gālava) stands with folded hands before Nārāyaṇa in pītāmbara; the sea-shore Setu landscape with conch-shell waves, distant sandbar/bridge line, and a haloed deity responding as varada.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Ramā (Lakṣmī)
• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent salutation (namaskāra) is itself a potent act of devotion that invites divine grace and blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The dialogue unfolds in Setu Māhātmya, associated with Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaskāra—formal obeisance—is highlighted as a devotional act; no other specific ritual is prescribed here.