Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

गवय उवाच । साध्वस्तजगदाधारं चंद्रचूडमुमापतिम् । रामनाथं शिवं वन्दे संसारामयभेषजम्

Transliteration

gavaya uvāca | sādhvastajagadādhāraṃ caṃdracūḍamumāpatim | rāmanāthaṃ śivaṃ vande saṃsārāmayabheṣajam

Translation

ഗവയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഞാൻ ശിവൻ രാമനാഥനെ വന്ദിക്കുന്നു; അദ്ദേഹം ജഗദാധാരം, ചന്ദ്രചൂഡൻ, ഉമാപതി, കൂടാതെ സംസാരരോഗത്തിനുള്ള ഔഷധം.

Word by Word

• गवयः: Gavaya (name of speaker)
• गवयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• साधु: well, indeed
• साधु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक (approving particle: well/indeed)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• आधारम्: support
• आधारम्: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जगदाधार (world-support)

• चन्द्र: moon
• चन्द्र: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• चूडम्: crested/diademed
• चूडम्: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: चूड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; चन्द्रचूड (moon-crested)

• उमा: Umā
• उमा: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• पतिम्: lord/husband
• पतिम्: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उमापति (husband of Umā)

• रामनाथम्: Rāmanātha
• रामनाथम्: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य नाथः)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वन्दे: I praise/salute
• वन्दे: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• संसार: worldly existence
• संसार: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• आमय: disease
• आमय: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासमध्यपद

• भेषजम्: medicine, remedy
• भेषजम्: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (औषधि)

Speaker

Gavaya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gavaya offers flowers to the moon-crested Śiva symbolized by a liṅga crowned with a crescent; behind, the world rests upon a cosmic pillar, while a sickly haze labeled ‘saṃsāra’ clears into bright air around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Śiva
• Umā
• Candra-cūḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva at Rāmeśvara is praised as the sustaining Lord and as the cure for the suffering inherent in saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, through the epithet Rāmanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the act is vandana (reverential bowing/praise) as devotional practice.