Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

नाममात्रमपि त्र्यक्ष यस्ते कीर्तयति प्रभो । सोऽपि मुक्तिमवाप्नोति किं पुनः पूजने रतः

Transliteration

nāmamātramapi tryakṣa yaste kīrtayati prabho | so'pi muktimavāpnoti kiṃ punaḥ pūjane rataḥ

Translation

Ó Senhor de Três Olhos, quem apenas proclama o Teu Nome, ó Mestre, alcança a libertação. Quanto mais, então, aquele que se dedica à Tua adoração!

Word by Word

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

• mātram: mere/only
• mātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'मात्रम्' = only/just (as nominal)

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

• tryakṣa: O three-eyed one
• tryakṣa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; 'त्र्यक्ष' = three-eyed (epithet)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• te: your/of you
• te: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic); 'ते' = of you/your

• kīrtayati: recites/praises
• kīrtayati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtaya (धातु: √kīrt/कीर्त्, चुरादि)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'कीर्तयति' = praises/recites

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'सः'

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात = also/even

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

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु: √āp/आप्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'अवाप्नोति' = attains

• kim: what (then)
• kim: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• punaḥ: how much more
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = again/more so

• pūjane: in worship
• pūjane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'पूजने' = in worship

• rataḥ: devoted/engaged
• rataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participial adjective) = devoted/engaged

Speaker

Narrative voice within the Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Tryakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s name itself is salvific; worship intensifies that liberating grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the teaching is presented within a tīrtha-glorifying chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-kīrtana (recitation/praise of Śiva’s name) and pūjā (worship) are highlighted as liberating practices.