Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

केशवाय च शांताय वामनाय नमोनमः । धर्मप्रियाय देवाय नमस्ते पीतवाससे

Transliteration

keśavāya ca śāṃtāya vāmanāya namonamaḥ | dharmapriyāya devāya namaste pītavāsase

Translation

కేశవుడైన శాంతస్వరూపునికి, వామనునికి మళ్లీ మళ్లీ నమస్కారం. ధర్మప్రియ దేవునికి నమస్కారం; ఓ పీతాంబరధరా! నీకు ప్రణామం.

Word by Word

• केशवाय: to Keśava
• केशवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध—समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शांताय: to the peaceful one
• शांताय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन

• वामनाय: to Vāmana
• वामनाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma/Offering (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• नमः: salutation (again)
• नमः: Karma/Offering (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• धर्मप्रियाय: to the one dear to dharma
• धर्मप्रियाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन

• देवाय: to the god
• देवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma/Offering (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी/षष्ठी एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान)

• पीतवाससे: to the one wearing yellow garments
• पीतवाससे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीत + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (वासस्); चतुर्थी एकवचन; ‘पीत’ = पा (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

Speaker

Dharma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu is invoked as Keśava the peaceful one, Vāmana, and the yellow-robed dharma-lover; the devotee’s repeated salutations form a rhythmic devotional tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Keśava)
• Vāmana
• Pītavāsā (yellow-robed Lord)
• Dharma (as principle, and as speaker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God is portrayed as dharma-priya—intimately aligned with righteousness—so honoring dharma is itself devotion to the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter glorifies Ayodhyā; this verse praises Viṣṇu’s names and virtues within that setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated namaskāra and stuti; no additional ritual act is stated.