Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

रामं रामं च रामं च पुरुषोत्तममेव च । पुंडरीकेक्षणं चैव गदापाणिं तथैव च

Transliteration

rāmaṃ rāmaṃ ca rāmaṃ ca puruṣottamameva ca | puṃḍarīkekṣaṇaṃ caiva gadāpāṇiṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

‘రామ—రామ—రామ’ అని స్మరించుడి; అలాగే పురుషోత్తముడు, పుండరీకనేత్రుడు, మరియు చేతిలో గదను ధరించిన శ్రీహరిని కూడా స్తుతించుడి।

Word by Word

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुरुषोत्तमम्: the Supreme Person
• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘पुरुषाणाम् उत्तमः’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुण्डरीकेक्षणम्: lotus-eyed (one)
• पुण्डरीकेक्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘पुण्डरीकस्य इक्षणम्’ (lotus-like eyes)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• गदापाणिम्: mace-handed (one)
• गदापाणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः ‘गदया पाणिः यस्य’ (mace-in-hand)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa repeats ‘Rāma’ thrice with rosary; behind, a serene Viṣṇu appears lotus-eyed, holding a mace, radiating Puruṣottama majesty.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Puruṣottama
• Puṃḍarīkekṣaṇa
• Gadāpāṇi (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance and recitation of the Lord’s names and epithets is upheld as a direct purifier and a dharmic practice aligned with tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, praising devotion connected to Vastrāpatha in the broader Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smṛti/japa—repeating divine names such as Rāma and Viṣṇu’s epithets.