Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 188

Devanagari script

नमो विज्ञानमात्राय परमानंदमूर्तये । आत्मारामाय शांताय निवृत्तद्वैतदृष्टये

Transliteration

namo vijñānamātrāya paramānaṃdamūrtaye | ātmārāmāya śāṃtāya nivṛttadvaitadṛṣṭaye

Translation

نمو اُس کو جو محض خالص شعور ہے، جس کی صورت پرمانند ہے؛ جو اپنے آپ میں مگن، سراسر سکون والا ہے، اور جس کی نگاہ ہر دوئی سے ہٹ چکی ہے۔

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation/सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नमस्कारार्थे

• विज्ञानमात्राय: to (him who is) pure consciousness alone
• विज्ञानमात्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'only consciousness/knowledge'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमानंदमूर्तये: to the embodiment of supreme bliss
• परमानंदमूर्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + आनन्द + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'form of supreme bliss'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आत्मारामाय: to the Self-delighting one
• आत्मारामाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'one who delights in the Self'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शान्ताय: to the peaceful one
• शान्ताय: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying the deity)

• निवृत्तद्वैतदृष्टये: to (him) whose vision of duality has ceased
• निवृत्तद्वैतदृष्टये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवृत्त + द्वैत + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'whose duality-view has ceased' / 'for whom the perception of duality is withdrawn'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Aitareya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Antar-tīrtha (inner pilgrimage)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An abstracted devotional-gnostic moment: the deity suggested as radiant, formless consciousness; the sage in deep stillness, with a luminous aura indicating paramānanda and nondual peace.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (as Brahman/Paramātman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is not merely a form to behold but the very ground of awareness and bliss; devotion culminates in tranquil, non-dual insight.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse emphasizes metaphysical praise rather than sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; it points to inner contemplation and the renunciation of dualistic perception.