Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

रामेति मत्रराजोऽयं भयव्याधिनिषूदकः । रणे विजयदश्चापि सर्वकार्यार्थसाधकः

Transliteration

rāmeti matrarājo'yaṃ bhayavyādhiniṣūdakaḥ | raṇe vijayadaścāpi sarvakāryārthasādhakaḥ

Translation

‘രാമ’ എന്ന ഈ മന്ത്രരാജൻ ഭയവും വ്യാധിയും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; യുദ്ധത്തിൽ വിജയം നൽകുകയും എല്ലാ കാര്യാർത്ഥങ്ങളും സാധിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

• rāma-iti: ‘Rama’ (thus)
• rāma-iti: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-प्रयोग (quotative): ‘राम’ इति

• mantra-rājaḥ: king of mantras
• mantra-rājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मन्त्राणां राजा; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• bhaya-vyādhi-niṣūdakaḥ: destroyer of fear and disease
• bhaya-vyādhi-niṣūdakaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣūdaka (प्रातिपदिक; √sūd धातु)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समाहार-आश्रित तत्पुरुष (determinative): भय-व्याधी निःसूदयति इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• raṇe: in battle
• raṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vijaya-daḥ: giver of victory
• vijaya-daḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijaya (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक; √dā धातु)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष: विजयम् ददाति इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि (particle: also/even)

• sarva-kārya-artha-sādhakaḥ: accomplisher of all aims and tasks
• sarva-kārya-artha-sādhakaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + sādhaka (प्रातिपदिक; √sādh धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative): सर्वेषां कार्याणाम् अर्थानां च साधकः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in distress—surrounded by symbols of fear and illness—chants ‘Rāma’; the syllables form a protective aura, turning into a victorious banner on a battlefield and a lamp over daily tasks.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma-nāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rāma-nāma is praised as supremely efficacious—protective, healing, and success-giving in worldly and spiritual endeavors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the focus is nāma-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of the mantra ‘Rāma’ for protection, health, and success.