Skanda Upanishad: Verse 13
श्रीपरमधाम्ने स्वस्ति चिरायुष्योन्नम इति । विरिञ्चिनारायणशङ्करात्मकं नृसिंह देवेश तव प्रसादतः । अचिन्त्यमव्यक्तमनन्तमव्ययं वेदात्मकं ब्रह्म निजं विजानते ॥१३॥
श्री-परम-धाम्ने । स्वस्ति । चिर-आयुष्य-उन्नम् इति । विरिञ्चि-नारायण-शङ्कर-आत्मकम् । नृसिंह । देव-ईश । तव । प्रसादतः । अचिन्त्यम् । अव्यक्तम् । अनन्तम् । अव्ययम् । वेद-आत्मकम् । ब्रह्म । निजम् । विजानते ॥१३॥
śrīparamadhāmne svasti cirāyuṣyonnam iti | viriñcinārāyaṇaśaṅkarātmakaṃ nṛsiṃha deveśa tava prasādataḥ | acintyamavyaktamanantamavyayaṃ vedātmakaṃ brahma nijaṃ vijānate ||13||
Saudação e bênção ao supremo Domicílio de Śrī: “bem‑estar; que haja longa vida e prosperidade”, assim. Ó Nṛsiṃha, Senhor dos deuses, cuja natureza é Viriñci (Brahmā), Nārāyaṇa e Śaṅkara—pela tua graça eles reconhecem como seu o Brahman: inconcebível, não‑manifesto, infinito, imperecível, cuja essência é o Veda.
Homage (and blessing) to the supreme abode of Śrī: “Well-being; may there be long life and prosperity,” thus. O Nṛsiṃha, Lord of gods, who are of the nature of Viriñci (Brahmā), Nārāyaṇa, and Śaṅkara—by your grace they come to know as their own the Brahman that is unthinkable, unmanifest, infinite, imperishable, and whose essence is the Veda.
- cirāyuṣyonnam resolved as cira + āyuṣya + unnam (benedictive interjection)
- viriñcinārāyaṇaśaṅkarātmakaṃ resolved as viriñci + nārāyaṇa + śaṅkara + ātmakam
- acintyamavyaktamanantamavyayaṃ resolved as acintyam + avyaktam + anantam + avyayam
- vedātmakaṃ resolved as veda + ātmakam
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Brahman-realization (jñāna) through divine grace; non-dual Brahman beyond thought and manifestation
- The mahavakyas
- Implicitly supports Atharva-veda mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by asserting realization of Brahman as one’s own (nijaṃ).
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Mixed/irregular (largely anuṣṭubh-like pādas with prose-like opening); not a strict Vedic meter.
Yoga and practice
Īśvara-prasāda-bhāvanā (devotional surrender) as support for jñāna-yoga; meditation on Nṛsiṃha as the integrative deity of trimūrti; contemplation of Brahman as acintya/avyakta to transcend conceptualization.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Upanishads in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
