Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

भक्त्यार्च्चितसुपादाय नमोऽजादिप्रियाय ते । शुभांगाय सुनेत्राय माधवाय नमो नमः

Transliteration

bhaktyārccitasupādāya namo'jādipriyāya te | śubhāṃgāya sunetrāya mādhavāya namo namaḥ

Translation

ഭക്തിയാൽ ആരാധിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന സുന്ദര പാദങ്ങളുള്ള നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം; ബ്രഹ്മാദി ദേവന്മാർക്കു പ്രിയനായ നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ശുഭാംഗനും സുനേത്രനും ആയ മാധവനു വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental: with devotion)

• arcita-supādāya: to him whose noble feet are worshipped
• arcita-supādāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arcita (अर्चित) + su-pāda (सुपाद)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भक्त्या अर्चिताः सुपादाः यस्य/whose good feet are worshipped); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (salutation particle)

• ajādi-priyāya: to the beloved of Brahmā and others
• ajādi-priyāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (अज) + ādi (आदि) + priya (प्रिय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अजादीनां प्रियः/to whom Brahmā etc. are dear, or who is dear to them); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• te: to you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (enclitic genitive: ‘of you/your’)

• śubha-aṃgāya: to the one with auspicious limbs
• śubha-aṃgāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (शुभ) + aṅga (अङ्ग)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (शुभानि अङ्गानि यस्य/one with auspicious limbs); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• su-netrāya: to the one with beautiful eyes
• su-netrāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (सु) + netra (नेत्र)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (सुन्दराणि नेत्राणि यस्य/one with beautiful eyes); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• mādhavāya: to Mādhava
• mādhavāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (माधव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (salutation particle)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Dharma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (Dharma) offers flowers and water at Viṣṇu’s lotus-feet; Viṣṇu appears as Mādhava with auspicious limbs and large compassionate eyes; Brahmā and devas stand in the background in approval.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Mādhava)
• Aja (Brahmā)
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion centered on the Lord’s feet and divine qualities purifies the heart and aligns one with Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the narrative setting; the verse itself is a general hymn to Mādhava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, bhakti-arcana (devotional worship) and repeated salutations (namaḥ-namaḥ) as a form of praise.