Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

नमः स्थूलाय सूक्ष्माय अणुरूपाय वै नमः । नमस्ते कामरूपाय सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकारिणे

Transliteration

namaḥ sthūlāya sūkṣmāya aṇurūpāya vai namaḥ | namaste kāmarūpāya sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakāriṇe

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ในความเป็นรูปหยาบ รูปละเอียด และแม้กระทั่งรูปอณู ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้ทรงแปลงกายได้ตามปรารถนา ผู้ทรงกระทำการสร้าง การธำรง และการล่มสลาย

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; नमस्कारार्थक

• स्थूलाय: to the gross (manifest) one
• स्थूलाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘to the gross one’

• सूक्ष्माय: to the subtle one
• सूक्ष्माय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘to the subtle one’

• अणुरूपाय: to the one of minute/atomic form
• अणुरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अणु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘अणोः रूपम्’); ‘to the one of atomic form’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; अवधारण/प्रत्ययार्थ (‘indeed, surely’)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; नमस्कारार्थक

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; नमस्कारार्थक

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन; enclitic; ‘to you’

• कामरूपाय: to the one who assumes forms at will
• कामरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘कामस्य रूपम्’/‘इच्छानुसारं रूपम्’); ‘to the one of desired form’

• सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकारिणे: to the agent of creation, preservation, and destruction
• सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषभावः (‘सृष्टिः च स्थितिः च अन्तः च’ तेषां ‘कारिन्’); ‘to the doer of creation, maintenance, and dissolution’

Speaker

Dharma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single deity radiates through three registers: a vast cosmic form (galaxies/lotus-worlds), a subtle luminous body (prāṇa-lines), and a tiny atom-like spark; around, symbols of creation, preservation, dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord pervades all scales of existence and governs the cosmic cycle; devotion acknowledges both immanence and sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; this is universal praise rather than localized sthala-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a theological stuti.