Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो विष्णु रूपाय विष्णुचक्राय ते नमः । गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं सर्वकामप्रदो भव

Transliteration

oṃ namo viṣṇu rūpāya viṣṇucakrāya te namaḥ | gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ sarvakāmaprado bhava

Translation

اوم—وشنو کے روپ کو نمسکار؛ اے وشنو کے چکر، تجھے نمسکار۔ میرے دیے ہوئے ارغیہ کو قبول فرما؛ اور میری سب مرادیں عطا کرنے والا بن۔

Word by Word

• oṃ: Oṃ
• oṃ: Sambandha (Invocation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: oṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गल/प्रणव-शब्दः, अव्यय

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः, अव्ययप्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection of salutation), दत्ते दत्ते चतुर्थीसम्बन्धः

• viṣṇu-rūpāya: to the form of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇu-rūpāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (rūpa), चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: विष्णोः रूपम् (to the form of Viṣṇu)

• viṣṇu-cakrāya: to Viṣṇu's discus
• viṣṇu-cakrāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (cakra), चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: विष्णोः चक्रम् (to Viṣṇu's discus)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (your/to you) — मन्त्रप्रयोगे चतुर्थ्यर्थः (to you)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः, अव्ययप्रयोगः (salutation)

• gṛhāṇa: accept (you)
• gṛhāṇa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; धातु: ग्रह् (to take/accept)

• arghyam: arghya offering
• arghyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arghya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• dattam: given
• dattam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; धातु: दा (to give); (arghyam इति पदस्य विशेषणम्)

• sarva-kāma-pradaḥ: giver of all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति इति (giver of all desires)

• bhava: be (become)
• bhava: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: भू (to be/become)

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator quoting the prescribed mantra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims addressed as dvija/vipra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a sea-side/riverine ghāṭa in Dvārakā offers arghya with joined palms toward a radiant Sudarśana-disc emblem near the tīrtha, with temple spires in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇu-cakra (Sudarśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the divine with surrender and praise turns worship into a channel for dharmic fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha at Dvārakā, where the Viṣṇu-cakra is invoked and worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite this mantra while offering arghya to Viṣṇu’s discus (Sudarśana/Viṣṇu-cakra).