Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

रामनाथेतिशब्दं यस्त्रिः पठेत्प्रातरुत्थितः । तस्य पूर्वदिनोत्पन्नपातकं नश्यति क्षणात्

Transliteration

rāmanāthetiśabdaṃ yastriḥ paṭhetprātarutthitaḥ | tasya pūrvadinotpannapātakaṃ naśyati kṣaṇāt

Translation

പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് “രാമനാഥ” എന്ന പദം മൂന്നു പ്രാവശ്യം ജപിക്കുന്നവന്റെ മുൻദിനത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടായ പാപം ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• रामनाथेति: “Rāmanātha” thus (the word ‘Rāmanātha’)
• रामनाथेति: Sambandha (Quotation/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle) — ‘इति’ सहितं पदसमूहः

• शब्दम्: the word/sound
• शब्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• उत्थितः: having risen (from sleep)
• उत्थितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) → उत्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘यः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पूर्वदिनोत्पन्नपातकम्: the sin arisen on the previous day
• पूर्वदिनोत्पन्नपातकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वदिन (प्रातिपदिक; पूर्व + दिन) + उत्पन्न (कृदन्त) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (पूर्वदिने उत्पन्नं पातकम्)

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• क्षणात्: in an instant
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; अवधी/काल-अपादान (within/from a moment)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim rises at dawn near the sea at Setu-kṣetra, hands in añjali, softly repeating “Rāmanātha” three times as the first light touches the temple gopura and waves.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily remembrance of Śiva as Rāmanātha purifies one quickly; nāma-japa is presented as an immediate remover of minor sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra—Rāmeśvaram, where Śiva is praised as Rāmanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the name “Rāmanātha” three times upon rising in the morning (a simple form of nāma-japa).