Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

नाममात्रस्मृतिकृतां त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यपूरक । नमः प्रमथनाथाय पिनाकोद्यतपाणये

Transliteration

nāmamātrasmṛtikṛtāṃ trailokyaiśvaryapūraka | namaḥ pramathanāthāya pinākodyatapāṇaye

Translation

നാമമാത്രസ്മരണ ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്കും ത്രിലോകൈശ്വര്യം പൂരിപ്പിക്കുന്നവനേ! പ്രമഥനാഥനേ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം; പിനാകം ഉയർത്തിയ കരമുള്ള പ്രഭോ, നിനക്കു പ്രണാമം.

Word by Word

• नाममात्रस्मृतिकृताम्: those who merely remember the name (i.e., name-only remembrance)
• नाममात्रस्मृतिकृताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाम-मात्र-स्मृति-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; नाम + मात्र + स्मृति + कृत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘नाममात्रस्य स्मृतिं कुर्वन्तीः/कुर्वताम्’ इत्यर्थे—‘कृत्’ (agent-noun) समासान्त; (पाठानुसारं) कर्मपदम्

• त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यपूरक: O fulfiller of sovereignty over the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यपूरक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-ऐश्वर्य-पूरक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रैलोक्य + ऐश्वर्य + पूरक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘त्रैलोक्यस्य ऐश्वर्यं पूरयति’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रमथनाथाय: to the lord of the Pramathas
• प्रमथनाथाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; प्रमथ + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; ‘प्रमथानां नाथः’

• पिनाकोद्यतपाणये: to the one whose hand is raised with the Pināka bow
• पिनाकोद्यतपाणये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक-उद्यत-पाणि (प्रातिपदिक; पिनाक + उद्यत + पाणि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; ‘उद्यत’ = √यम् (धातु) + क्त (उद्-उपसर्ग) ‘raised’; ‘पिनाकं उद्यतं पाणौ यस्य’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara/Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience / pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Pramathanātha surrounded by gaṇas/pramathas in reverent attendance; His hand raised holding Pināka, yet His face remains compassionate; a devotee repeats His name, with luminous syllables emanating outward as ‘aiśvarya’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pramathas
• Pināka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s name-remembrance itself is presented as a potent dharmic act that yields divine merit and worldly-spiritual fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame, the teaching supports Kāśī as the premier place for Śiva-nāma and Śiva-bhakti, though no single tirtha is named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smaraṇa (remembering/reciting Śiva’s name) is implicitly praised as a practice with great fruit.