Skanda Upanishad 13: Verse 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रीपरमधाम्ने स्वस्ति चिरायुष्योन्नम इति । विरिञ्चिनारायणशङ्करात्मकं नृसिंह देवेश तव प्रसादतः । अचिन्त्यमव्यक्तमनन्तमव्ययं वेदात्मकं ब्रह्म निजं विजानते ॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

श्री-परम-धाम्ने । स्वस्ति । चिर-आयुष्य-उन्नम् इति । विरिञ्चि-नारायण-शङ्कर-आत्मकम् । नृसिंह । देव-ईश । तव । प्रसादतः । अचिन्त्यम् । अव्यक्तम् । अनन्तम् । अव्ययम् । वेद-आत्मकम् । ब्रह्म । निजम् । विजानते ॥१३॥

Sanskrit recitationSkanda Upanishad 13

IAST Transliteration

śrīparamadhāmne svasti cirāyuṣyonnam iti | viriñcinārāyaṇaśaṅkarātmakaṃ nṛsiṃha deveśa tava prasādataḥ | acintyamavyaktamanantamavyayaṃ vedātmakaṃ brahma nijaṃ vijānate ||13||

Translation

ശ്രീയുടെ പരമധാമത്തിന് നമസ്കാരം; “സ്വസ്തി, ദീർഘായുസ്സും ഉന്നതിയും ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ” എന്നു. ഹേ നൃസിംഹ ദേവേശ! വിരിഞ്ചി (ബ്രഹ്മാ), നാരായണൻ, ശങ്കരൻ എന്നീ സ്വരൂപമായ നീ—നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ അവർ അചിന്ത്യം, അവ്യക്തം, അനന്തം, അവ്യയം, വേദാത്മകമായ ആ ബ്രഹ്മത്തെ തങ്ങളുടെ നിജസ്വരൂപമായി അറിയുന്നു.

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Academic Translation

Homage (and blessing) to the supreme abode of Śrī: “Well-being; may there be long life and prosperity,” thus. O Nṛsiṃha, Lord of gods, who are of the nature of Viriñci (Brahmā), Nārāyaṇa, and Śaṅkara—by your grace they come to know as their own the Brahman that is unthinkable, unmanifest, infinite, imperishable, and whose essence is the Veda.

Verse Context

• Brahman-realization (jñāna) through divine grace; non-dual Brahman beyond thought and manifestation
• Mahavakya: Implicitly supports Atharva-veda mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by asserting realization of Brahman as one’s own (nijaṃ).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/irregular (largely anuṣṭubh-like pādas with prose-like opening); not a strict Vedic meter.