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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो विष्णुरूपाय तीर्थनाथाय ते नमः । सान्निध्यं कुरु मे देव समुद्र लवणाम्भसि । इत्यामन्त्रणमन्त्रः

Transliteration

oṃ namo viṣṇurūpāya tīrthanāthāya te namaḥ | sānnidhyaṃ kuru me deva samudra lavaṇāmbhasi | ityāmantraṇamantraḥ

Translation

“Oṁ—sembah sujud kepada-Mu yang berwujud Viṣṇu; sembah sujud kepada-Mu, Tuhan segala tīrtha. Wahai Dewa, samudera berair masin, kurniakanlah kepadaku kehadiran-Mu.”—Demikianlah mantra seruan (invokasi).

Word by Word
ॐOm
ॐ:
Sambodhana (Invocation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootॐ (अव्यय)
Formमङ्गल/प्रणव-अव्यय (Sacred syllable)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambodhana (Salutation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनिपातवत् प्रयोग; प्रायः चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-संबन्धे (Interjection ‘salutation’ governing dative/genitive)
विष्णुरूपायto (him) of Viṣṇu-form
विष्णुरूपाय:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक); विष्णु (नाम) + रूप (नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)
तीर्थनाथायto the lord of the tīrtha
तीर्थनाथाय:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक); तीर्थ (नाम) + नाथ (नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative, Singular)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambodhana (Salutation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनिपातवत् प्रयोग (Interjection ‘salutation’)
सान्निध्यम्presence, proximity
सान्निध्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
कुरुdo, make
कुरु:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd person, Singular)
मेfor me / to me
मे:
Sampradāna (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Gen./Dat., Singular)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)
समुद्रO ocean
समुद्र:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)
लवणाम्भसिin the salty water
लवणाम्भसि:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलवण-अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक); लवण (विशेषण) + अम्भस् (नाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
इतिthus
इति:
Vākyārtha-sūcaka (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (Quotative particle)
आमन्त्रणमन्त्रःthe invocation-mantra
आमन्त्रणमन्त्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआमन्त्रण-मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक); आमन्त्रण (नाम) + मन्त्र (नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Samudra (Lavaṇāmbhas)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands at the shoreline reciting ‘Oṁ namo viṣṇurūpāya…’, with the ocean depicted as a vast divine form—subtle Viṣṇu iconography emerging from waves—while a halo of presence surrounds the water.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu
S
Samudra (Ocean)
T
Tīrthanātha

FAQs

Sacred waters are approached as divine, and mantra-invocation sanctifies the act of bathing as communion with the tīrtha.

The Ocean (Samudra), honored as “Tīrthanātha,” the lordly source of tīrtha-power.

Recite the āmantraṇa-mantra to invoke the ocean’s sānnidhya before performing the ritual bath.

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