Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

चतुर्थोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा परमेष्ठीति विश्रुतः । अनामयेति देवेश तव नाम स्मृतं तदा

Transliteration

caturtho'bhūdyadā brahmā parameṣṭhīti viśrutaḥ | anāmayeti deveśa tava nāma smṛtaṃ tadā

Translation

Na quarta fase, quando Brahmā era afamado como Parameṣṭhī, então—ó Senhor dos deuses—Teu nome foi lembrado como «Anāmaya», Aquele que está livre de aflição.

Word by Word

• caturthaḥ: the fourth
• caturthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• parameṣṭhī: Parameṣṭhī (the Supreme Lord/epithet)
• parameṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (appositional epithet)

• iti: thus/“as”
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• viśrutaḥ: renowned/known
• viśrutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśruta (कृदन्त; √śru)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• anāmaya: Anāmaya (free from disease)
• anāmaya: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anāmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नाम (as a name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; देव-ईश (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; here as कर्म (object)

• smṛtam: was remembered/was called
• smṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator continuing the nāma sequence of Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Parameṣṭhī
• Anāmaya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the untouched, stainless refuge—remembering Him as Anāmaya points to wholeness beyond physical and mental affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, via the remembrance of Śiva’s sacred epithets associated with the kṣetra’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the stress is on smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of the name.