Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

विद्याधरा ऊचुः । अंबिकापतये तुभ्यमसंगाय महात्मने । नमस्ते रामनाथाय प्रसीद वृषभध्वज

Transliteration

vidyādharā ūcuḥ | aṃbikāpataye tubhyamasaṃgāya mahātmane | namaste rāmanāthāya prasīda vṛṣabhadhvaja

Translation

വിദ്യാധരന്മാർ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ അംബികാപതേ! നീ അസംഗനും മഹാത്മാവും ആകുന്നു. ഹേ രാമനാഥാ! നമസ്കാരം; ഹേ വൃഷഭധ്വജാ, പ്രസാദിക്കണമേ.

Word by Word

• विद्याधराः: Vidyādharas
• विद्याधराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• अम्बिकापतये: to the lord of Ambikā
• अम्बिकापतये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिकापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अम्बिकायाः पतिः)

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

• असङ्गाय: to the unattached one
• असङ्गाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमः-प्रयोगः (indeclinable salutation)

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

• रामनाथाय: to Rāmanātha
• रामनाथाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• प्रसीद: be gracious
• प्रसीद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वृषभध्वज: O bull-bannered one
• वृषभध्वज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य)

Speaker

Vidyādharas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha at Setu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidyādharas hovering in the sky with garlands and instruments, bowing to Rāmanātha; Śiva is envisioned with bull-banner symbolism, serene and detached.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādharas
• Rāmanātha (Śiva)
• Ambikā (Pārvatī)
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is praised as detached and compassionate; devotees seek his prasāda (grace) as the source of spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Setu (Rāmeśvaram), addressed with classic Śaiva epithets like Vṛṣabhadhvaja.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an invocation of namas (salutation) and a request for prasāda.