Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु तेऽब्जनाभाय प्रजापतिकृते हर । त्वन्नामस्मरणात्पापमशेषं नः प्रणश्यतु

Transliteration

namo'stu te'bjanābhāya prajāpatikṛte hara | tvannāmasmaraṇātpāpamaśeṣaṃ naḥ praṇaśyatu

Translation

اے کمَل ناف والے ہری، پرجاپتی کے کام کو پورا کرنے والے! تجھے نمسکار ہو۔ تیرے نام کے سمرن سے ہمارے سب گناہ بے باقی مٹ جائیں۔

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation, homage
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः), indeclinable interjection of salutation

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्ग-सदृश), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; imperative/benedictive: “let it be”

• te: to you / for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचनम् (gen./dat. sg.); “of/for you”

• abjanābhāya: to the lotus-naveled (Vishnu)
• abjanābhāya: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abja+nābha (प्रातिपदिक; अब्ज=पद्म + नाभ=नाभि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/दत्त), एकवचनम्; dative singular

• prajāpatikṛte: in (the rite) performed by Prajāpati
• prajāpatikṛte: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prajāpati+kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त: कृत (क्त) from √kṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; locative singular; “in/at (the act) done by Prajāpati”

• hara: O Hara
• hara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचनम्; vocative singular

• tvannāmasmaraṇāt: from remembering your name
• tvannāmasmaraṇāt: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat+nāma+smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; स्मरण from √smṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचनम्; ablative singular; “from remembrance of your name”

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्; accusative singular

• aśeṣam: entire, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; accusative singular; adjective qualifying “pāpam”

• naḥ: of us / our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (genitive) बहुवचनम्; “of us/our”

• praṇaśyatu: may (it) perish
• praṇaśyatu: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+naś (नश् धातु)
• Form: लोट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; imperative/benedictive: “let it perish”

Speaker

Devotees/Sages (stotra-style nāma-japa praise within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on the Narmadā bank fold hands to lotus-naveled Viṣṇu, visualized as serene yet cosmic, while chanting for sin-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Abjanābha
• Hari
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord who governs creation and beings is approached through humble salutation; His Name-remembrance is proclaimed as sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The devotional refrain is embedded in the Revā Khaṇḍa, aligned with Narmadā tīrtha merit and purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smaraṇa is the explicit practice; the verse frames it as sufficient for complete pāpa-kṣaya.