Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तदा वामनुजानीहि प्रसीद परमेश्वरि । नमस्ते विश्वजननि भूयो ऽपि च नमोनमः

Transliteration

tadā vāmanujānīhi prasīda parameśvari | namaste viśvajanani bhūyo 'pi ca namonamaḥ

Translation

मग आम्हाला आज्ञा द्या, हे परमेश्वरी; प्रसन्न व्हा. हे विश्वजननी, तुला नमस्कार—पुन्हा पुन्हा नमो नमः।

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• vāma: left (side)
• vāma: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (as qualifier)

• anujānīhi: please permit/allow
• anujānīhi: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu√jñā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prasīda: be gracious
• prasīda: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√sad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• parameśvari: O Supreme Goddess
• parameśvari: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (indeclinable interjection used with dative)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन

• viśvajanani: O mother of the universe
• viśvajanani: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva-jananī (प्रातिपदिक; viśva + jananī)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (viśvasya jananī)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

Speaker

Unspecified speakers offering salutations to the Supreme Goddess (Parameśvarī)

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvarī
• Viśva-jananī (Mother of the universe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion includes humility, asking permission, and repeated remembrance—honoring the divine as universal Mother.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The devotional exchange occurs within the Dvārakā-māhātmya framework, reinforcing Dvārakā as a place of divine encounter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the verse exemplifies namaskāra (salutation) and respectful departure.