Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सर्वज्ञाय वरेण्याय वरदाय वराय ते । श्रीकण्ठाय नमस्तुभ्यं पंचपातकभेदिने

Transliteration

sarvajñāya vareṇyāya varadāya varāya te | śrīkaṇṭhāya namastubhyaṃ paṃcapātakabhedine

Translation

ഹേ സർവ്വജ്ഞാ, വരണീയാ, വരദാതാ, പരമശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, നമസ്കാരം. ഹേ ശ്രീകണ്ഠാ, പഞ്ച മഹാപാതകങ്ങളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവനേ, പ്രണാമം.

Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञाय: to the omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वं जानाति)

• वरेण्याय: to the most excellent/choice-worthy
• वरेण्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; विशेषण (worthy of being chosen)

• वरदाय: to the boon-giver
• वरदाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• वराय: to the excellent one
• वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; विशेषण (excellent)

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

• श्रीकण्ठाय: to Śrīkaṇṭha (the glorious-throated one)
• श्रीकण्ठाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् कण्ठः यस्य)

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

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

• पञ्चपातकभेदिने: to the destroyer of the five great sins
• पञ्चपातकभेदिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + पातक + भेदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पञ्च पातकानि भिनत्ति इति)

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame listener(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Śrīkaṇṭha with auspicious throat markings, bestowing boons; a symbolic ‘five dark knots’ (representing pañca-pātaka) dissolve into light near the liṅga as the devotee prays.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkaṇṭha
• Śiva
• Pañcapātaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace purifies even grave wrongdoing; sincere devotion and refuge in Him restore dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra/Rāmeśvaram, a famed place for purification through Śiva-bhakti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stotra-recitation and Śiva-worship for pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction); no specific ritual is spelled out in the verse.