Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

दुर्दम उवाच । सुदर्शन नमस्तेऽस्तु विष्णुहस्तैकभूषण । नमस्तेऽसुरसंहर्त्रे सहस्रादित्यतेजसे

Transliteration

durdama uvāca | sudarśana namaste'stu viṣṇuhastaikabhūṣaṇa | namaste'surasaṃhartre sahasrādityatejase

Translation

Durdama berkata: “Namskara bagimu, wahai Sudarśana, satu-satunya perhiasan di tangan Viṣṇu. Namskara bagimu, pembinasa para asura, yang bercahaya laksana seribu matahari.”

Word by Word

• दुर्दमः: Durdama
• दुर्दमः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-नाम

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुदर्शन: O Sudarśana
• सुदर्शन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection); नमस्कारार्थक

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-रूप (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थ्यर्थे (to you)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• विष्णुहस्तैकभूषण: O sole ornament of Viṣṇu’s hand
• विष्णुहस्तैकभूषण: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + हस्त + एक + भूषण (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः हस्ते एकं भूषणम् = the sole ornament on Viṣṇu's hand)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थ्यर्थे

• असुरसंहर्त्रे: to the slayer of demons
• असुरसंहर्त्रे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर + संहर्तृ (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (असुराणां संहर्ता = slayer of demons)

• सहस्रादित्यतेजसे: to (him) of the radiance of a thousand suns
• सहस्रादित्यतेजसे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + आदित्य + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सहस्र-आदित्य-तेजस् = having the brilliance of a thousand suns)

Speaker

Durdama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durdama addresses the blazing Sudarśana, depicted as a fiery, many-spoked disc, hovering near an implied Viṣṇu presence; the air shimmers like a thousand suns.

Characters & Entities

• Durdama
• Sudarśana
• Viṣṇu
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True surrender recognizes the Divine as protector and purifier; praise reorients the heart from violence to reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The stuti is part of the Dharmatīrtha episode in Setu-khaṇḍa, highlighting the tīrtha as a setting for divine rescue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A stotra-style namaskāra to Sudarśana is presented; no formal vrata/dāna is specified in this verse.