Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

नमस्तेऽस्तु परानंदसत्यविज्ञानरूपिणे । नमस्ते भवरोगघ्न स्नायूनां पतये नमः

Transliteration

namaste'stu parānaṃdasatyavijñānarūpiṇe | namaste bhavarogaghna snāyūnāṃ pataye namaḥ

Translation

تجھے نمسکار، اے وہ جس کی ذات پرمانند، سچائی اور بیدار علم ہے۔ تجھے نمسکار، اے بھَو روگ کو مٹانے والے، اے سْنایوؤں کے پتی پروردگار۔

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

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

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परानन्दसत्यविज्ञानरूपिणे: to him whose form is supreme bliss, truth, and knowledge
• परानन्दसत्यविज्ञानरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + आनन्द + सत्य + विज्ञान + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (परः आनन्दः सत्यं विज्ञानं च रूपं यस्य)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

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

• भवरोगघ्न: O slayer of the disease of worldly existence
• भवरोगघ्न: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव + रोग + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative form used in address), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (भवस्य रोगं हन्ति इति)

• स्नायूनाम्: of the sinews/ligaments
• स्नायूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame listener(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, luminous Śiva presence is felt as pure consciousness; the devotee’s inner ‘disease’ is shown as dark mist dissolving into clear light around the liṅga; subtle nāḍī/snāyu imagery suggests the Lord as master of vital bonds.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is liberation itself—truth-consciousness-bliss—and devotion to Him heals the deepest suffering: bondage to repeated becoming.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra (Rāmeśvaram), where seekers praise Śiva for purification and release.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the focus is on contemplative praise (stuti) aiming at bhava-roga-nivṛtti.