Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

नारायण हृषीकेश पुण्डरीकाक्ष माधव । अच्युतानंत गोविंद वासुदेव जनार्दन

Transliteration

nārāyaṇa hṛṣīkeśa puṇḍarīkākṣa mādhava | acyutānaṃta goviṃda vāsudeva janārdana

Translation

നാരായണ, ഹൃഷീകേശ, പുണ്ഡരീകാക്ഷ, മാധവ; അച്യുത, അനന്ത, ഗോവിന്ദ, വാസുദേവ, ജനാർദ്ദന—ഇവ ദിവ്യനാമങ്ങൾ സ്തുതിയായി ഉച്ചരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• nārāyaṇa: O Nārāyaṇa
• nārāyaṇa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• hṛṣīkeśa: O Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• puṇḍarīkākṣa: O Lotus-eyed one
• puṇḍarīkākṣa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇḍarīka + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—पुण्डरीकसदृशे अक्षिणी यस्य

• mādhava: O Mādhava
• mādhava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• acyuta: O Acyuta
• acyuta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• ananta: O Ananta
• ananta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• govinda: O Govinda
• govinda: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: govinda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• vāsudeva: O Vāsudeva
• vāsudeva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• janārdana: O Janārdana
• janārdana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; litany of divine names within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī and pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional chant scene: a devotee or priest recites Viṣṇu’s names with folded hands; a radiant Viṣṇu form appears in vision—conch, discus, lotus—while the Prabhāsa shrine landscape glows behind.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Puṇḍarīkākṣa
• Mādhava
• Acyuta
• Ananta
• Govinda
• Vāsudeva
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of the Lord through his names (nāma) is a potent, accessible spiritual protection and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The recitation appears within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, linking nāma to sacred-place discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa/nāma-smaraṇa through a sequence of Viṣṇu epithets.