Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

किंपुरुषा ऊचुः । नानायोनौ च जननं मरणं चाप्यनेकशः । विनाशय तथाऽज्ञानं रामनाथ नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

kiṃpuruṣā ūcuḥ | nānāyonau ca jananaṃ maraṇaṃ cāpyanekaśaḥ | vināśaya tathā'jñānaṃ rāmanātha namo'stu te

Translation

พวกกิมปุรุษกล่าวว่า: “ในครรภ์นานาประการมีการเกิด และมีความตายซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า โอ้ รามนาถ ขอทรงทำลายอวิชชานั้น—ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์”

Word by Word

• किंपुरुषाः: Kiṃpuruṣas (a class of beings)
• किंपुरुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• नाना-योनौ: in various wombs/births
• नाना-योनौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (नानाविधा योनि)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जननम्: birth
• जननम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मरणम्: death
• मरणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• अनेकशः: many times
• अनेकशः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb of manner/frequency)

• विनाशय: destroy
• विनाशय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• अज्ञानम्: ignorance
• अज्ञानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• रामनाथ: O Rāmanātha
• रामनाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमः-प्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection of salutation)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Kiṃpuruṣas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kiṃpuruṣas—mythic beings—stand in devotion before Rāmanātha, gesturing to the wheel of births and deaths, pleading for the destruction of ignorance.

Characters & Entities

• Kiṃpuruṣas
• Rāmanātha (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Saṃsāra continues through ignorance; liberation is sought by praying for the destruction of avidyā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Setu (Rāmeśvaram), invoked as the remover of ignorance causing repeated births.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct plea (namas and prayer) for ajñāna-nāśa; no specific external rite is stated.