Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

संसारपाशच्छिदुरं विमुक्तः पुनः पुनस्त्वां प्रणमामि देवम्

Transliteration

saṃsārapāśacchiduraṃ vimuktaḥ punaḥ punastvāṃ praṇamāmi devam

Translation

സംസാരപാശങ്ങളെ ഛേദിക്കുന്നവനേ, നിന്റെ കൃപയാൽ വിമുക്തനായി, ഹേ ദേവാ! ഞാൻ നിന്നെ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• saṃsārapāśacchiduram: cutter of the bonds of saṃsāra
• saṃsārapāśacchiduram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + chidura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य पाशः तं छिनत्ति/छेदयति)

• vimuktaḥ: freed (I, being liberated)
• vimuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukta (कृदन्त; √muc (धातु) vi- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (freed)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• punas: again, repeatedly
• punas: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punas (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: repeatedly)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• praṇamāmi: I bow down
• praṇamāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (धातु) + pra- उपसर्ग
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• devam: (O) God
• devam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे कर्मरूपेण (addressed as object of salutation)

Speaker

A devotee/narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (hymnic refrain; exact speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, hands folded, repeatedly bowing before a radiant Śiva-liṅga or Rudra; faint broken chains symbolize severed saṃsāra bonds; the coastal shrine atmosphere is calm and purifying.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated surrender to the Lord who cuts saṃsāra’s bonds is itself an expression of liberation-oriented devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the contextual setting of this stuti within the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies repeated praṇāma (salutation) and devotional remembrance; no formal rite is detailed.