Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

कार्यमेयाय बलिने जीवाय परमात्मने । गोप्त्रे प्राणाय भूतानां नमो विश्वाय वेधसे

Transliteration

kāryameyāya baline jīvāya paramātmane | goptre prāṇāya bhūtānāṃ namo viśvāya vedhase

Translation

ਕਾਰਜਾਂ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਮਾਪੇ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਬਲਵਾਨ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਜੀਵ-ਸਰੂਪ ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ। ਭੂਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਗੋਪਤਾ, ਪ੍ਰਾਣ-ਸਰੂਪ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ; ਵਿਸ਼ਵ-ਵਿਆਪੀ ਵੇਧਸ, ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਿਕਰਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਨਮੋ ਨਮਹ।

Word by Word

• कार्यमेयाय: to the one who is the measurable/knowable as (all) effects
• कार्यमेयाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य-मेय (प्रातिपदिक; कार्य = effect/that which is to be done; मेय = measurable/knowable)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (कार्यं च मेयं च/कार्यमेयः)

• बलिने: to the mighty one
• बलिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• जीवाय: to the living being (life-principle)
• जीवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• परमात्मने: to the Supreme Self
• परमात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; परम + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/विशेषणपूर्वपदः (परमः आत्मा)

• गोप्त्रे: to the protector
• गोप्त्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √गुप् (धातु) ‘to protect’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)

• प्राणाय: to the life-breath
• प्राणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक; from √भू (धातु) ‘to be’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः-शब्दः (salutation particle), प्रायः चतुर्थ्यर्थे प्रयोगः

• विश्वाय: to the all-pervading one / to the universe (as Lord)
• विश्वाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• वेधसे: to the creator/ordainer (Vedhas)
• वेधसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक; from √विध्/√व्यध् (धातु) ‘to pierce/arrange’; epithet of creator)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa stuti context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vishnu as all-pervading light entering the hearts of beings as prāṇa; simultaneously shown as cosmic architect (Vedhas) holding a measuring cord/compass, with the world emanating as effects around him; devotees sheltered under his aura.

Characters & Entities

• Paramātman
• Prāṇa
• Vedhas
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme sustains all beings as their very prāṇa and protects them as the cosmic ordainer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the implied pilgrimage-context in which this universal praise is offered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction; the verse supports devotional recitation (stotra-pāṭha) as a dhārmic act.