Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

यन्नामस्मृतिमात्रेण महापातकिनोऽपिच । मुक्तिं प्रयांति मुनयस्तं पश्यामि जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

yannāmasmṛtimātreṇa mahāpātakino'pica | muktiṃ prayāṃti munayastaṃ paśyāmi janārdanam

Translation

Aquele cujo Nome, apenas lembrado, concede a libertação até aos manchados por grandes pecados—A Ele, Janārdana, eu contemplo.

Word by Word

• yat: whose
• yat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोग (relative pronoun: 'whose')

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'नाम' (name)

• smṛti-mātreṇa: by mere remembrance
• smṛti-mātreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smṛti (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('स्मृतेः मात्रम्' = mere remembrance)

• mahā-pātakinaḥ: great sinners
• mahā-pātakinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + pātakin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ('महान्तः पातकिनः')

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) = 'even/also'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• prayānti: attain/go to
• prayānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; धातुः √या with उपसर्ग pra-

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• paśyāmi: I see
• paśyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• janārdanam: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेष्य-नाम (epithet of Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Gālava (the sage/devotee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage beholds Janārdana in a tīrtha-āśrama setting; the Lord radiant, conch-disc-mace-lotus, while the devotee’s hands are folded in awe, suggesting liberation through mere remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Viṣṇu
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of the Lord’s Name is itself a liberating practice, capable of dissolving even grave karmic stains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within Setukhaṇḍa’s broader Setu Māhātmya context, preparing the bhakti framework for the tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smṛti—devotional remembrance/recitation of the divine Name.