Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

अनन्तरूपिणे तुभ्यं देवदेव नमोऽस्तु ते । नमो वेदरहस्याय नमो वेदैः स्तुताय च

Transliteration

anantarūpiṇe tubhyaṃ devadeva namo'stu te | namo vedarahasyāya namo vedaiḥ stutāya ca

Translation

«အနန္တရုပ်သဏ္ဌာန်ရှိတော်မူသော ဒေဝဒေဝအရှင်၊ သင့်အား နမസ്കာရပါ၏။ ဝေဒ၏ လျှို့ဝှက်အနှစ်သာရတော်အား နမস্কာရပါ၏။ ဝေဒများက ချီးမွမ်းသီဆိုသော အရှင်အားလည်း နမസ്കာရပါ၏»။

Word by Word

• अनन्त: endless
• अनन्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• रूपिणे: to the infinite-formed one
• रूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (masculine, dative, singular); तत्पुरुष: अनन्तं रूपं यस्य (one of infinite forms)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी, एकवचन (dative singular)

• देव: god
• देव: Sambandha (Descriptor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• देव: O God of gods
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine, vocative, singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानां देवः (god of gods)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-निपातवत् (indeclinable interjection used for salutation)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular): ‘let it be’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी, एकवचन (dative singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (salutation)

• वेद: Veda
• वेद: Sambandha (Descriptor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• रहस्याय: to the Vedic mystery
• रहस्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (neuter, dative, singular); तत्पुरुष: वेदानां रहस्यम् (secret/mystery of the Vedas)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (salutation)

• वेदैः: by the Vedas
• वेदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental, plural)

• स्तुताय: to the praised one
• स्तुताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तुत (प्रातिपदिक; √स्तु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (masculine, dative, singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Devadeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal Vedic-flavored stuti: Devī offers repeated namaskāras; behind Śiva shimmer subtle Vedic syllables and cosmic forms indicating ananta-rūpatva.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva (Śiva)
• Vedas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva transcends form yet manifests infinitely; he is both the hidden essence behind revelation and the very one whom revelation praises.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya frames the site’s divinity through Veda-rooted praise of Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it models stuti (hymnic salutation) as a devotional act.