Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

नारायणमनाद्यंतं मोक्षदं शिवमच्युतम् । रामराम महाबाहो रक्ष मां शरणागतम्

Transliteration

nārāyaṇamanādyaṃtaṃ mokṣadaṃ śivamacyutam | rāmarāma mahābāho rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam

Translation

“พระองค์คือพระนารายณ์ ผู้ไร้ต้นกำเนิดและไร้ที่สุด ประทานโมกษะ ทรงเป็นสิริมงคล และอจยุตะผู้ไม่เสื่อม รามะ รามะ โอ้มหาพาหุ ขอทรงคุ้มครองข้าผู้มอบตนเป็นผู้มาขอพึ่ง”

Word by Word

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनाद्यन्तम्: without beginning and end
• अनाद्यन्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (आदि च अन्तश्च; न आदि न अन्तः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• मोक्षदम्: giver of liberation
• मोक्षदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (दा धातु, क्विप्/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मोक्षं ददाति इति), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• शिवम्: auspicious
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अच्युतम्: the infallible one
• अच्युतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (महान्तौ बाहू यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन

• रक्ष: protect
• रक्ष: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• शरणागतम्: one who has come for refuge
• शरणागतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक) + आगत (आ-गम् धातु, क्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शरणम् आगतः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to माम्)

Speaker

Samudra (Ocean)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāgara’s culminating prayer: he points inward in helplessness, then folds hands; Rāma stands as Nārāyaṇa-like protector, radiant and immovable; the sea calms as if receiving command.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Rāma
• Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Surrender (śaraṇāgati) to the eternal Lord is presented as the path to protection and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram’s sacred oceanic frontier, where surrender to Rāma becomes the hallmark of the place’s mahātmyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implicitly recommends nāma-smaraṇa (‘Rāma, Rāma’) and śaraṇāgati; no formal external rite is stated.