Skanda Upanishad 13 - Verse 13

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Skanda Upanishad: 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॥

Recitation with translationSkanda Upanishad 13

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

श्रीच्या परमधामास नमस्कार; “स्वस्ति होवो, दीर्घायुष्य व समृद्धी लाभो”—असे असो। हे नृसिंह देवेश! विरिञ्चि (ब्रह्मा), नारायण व शंकर-स्वरूप देवही तुझ्या प्रसादाने अचिन्त्य, अव्यक्त, अनंत, अव्यय व वेदात्मक अशा ब्रह्माला आपलेच निजस्वरूप म्हणून जाणतात।

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.

Word by Word

śrīAuspiciousness; glory

parama-dhāmneto the supreme abode

svastiwell-being; hail

cira-āyuṣya-unnam(may there be) long life; hail

itithus

viriñci-nārāyaṇa-śaṅkara-ātmakamhaving the nature of Viriñci, Nārāyaṇa, and Śaṅkara

nṛsiṃhaO Nṛsiṃha

deveśaO Lord of gods

tavaof you; your

prasādataḥfrom (by) grace

acintyamunthinkable

avyaktamunmanifest

anantamendless; infinite

avyayamimperishable

veda-ātmakamof the nature of the Veda

brahmaBrahman

nijamone’s own; intrinsic

vijānatethey know; they realize

Sandhi Notes

cirāyuṣyonnam resolved as cira + āyuṣya + unnam (benedictive interjection)
viriñcinārāyaṇaśaṅkarātmakaṃ resolved as viriñci + nārāyaṇa + śaṅkara + ātmakam
acintyamavyaktamanantamavyayaṃ resolved as acintyam + avyaktam + anantam + avyayam
vedātmakaṃ resolved as veda + ātmakam

Verse Context

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

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