Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

नमः कमलकिंजल्कसुवर्णमुकुटाय च । केशवायातिसूक्ष्माय बृहन्मूर्ते नमोनमः

Transliteration

namaḥ kamalakiṃjalkasuvarṇamukuṭāya ca | keśavāyātisūkṣmāya bṛhanmūrte namonamaḥ

Translation

താമരക്കേശരത്തെപ്പോലെ സ്വർണ്ണമകുടം ധരിച്ചവനേ, നമസ്കാരം; അതിസൂക്ഷ്മനായി നിലകൊണ്ടിട്ടും ബൃഹന്മൂർത്തിയായി പ്രകാശിക്കുന്ന കേശവനേ, വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും പ്രണാമം।

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; स्तुत्यर्थे नित्यप्रयोगः

• कमल-किṃजल्क-सुवर्ण-मुकुटाय: to (him) with a golden crown (like) lotus-filaments
• कमल-किṃजल्क-सुवर्ण-मुकुटाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक) + किṃजल्क (प्रातिपदिक) + सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद तत्पुरुषः (mukuṭa qualified by suvarṇa; likened to/associated with lotus-filament)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• केशवाय: to Keśava
• केशवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अति-सूक्ष्माय: to the exceedingly subtle (one)
• अति-सूक्ष्माय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the deity)

• बृहन्-मूर्ते: to the vast-formed (one)
• बृहन्-मूर्ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; मूर्ति-शब्दः (i-stem), रूपम्—मूर्तये/मूर्ते (Vedic/epic dative form)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation (again)
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्तिः (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Ṛṣis

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Keśava (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close iconographic focus: Keśava’s crown gleams like golden lotus filaments; the scene expands to suggest His bṛhan-mūrti—galaxies, oceans, and beings contained within His form—while sages bow repeatedly.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine transcends limitation—both immanent in subtlety and all-encompassing in cosmic manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where such praise is offered as part of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional salutation (namaskāra) and praise; no explicit ritual is stated.