Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

पूष्णो दन्तनिपाताय गणनाथाय ते नमः । जय स्वरूपदेहाय अरूपबहुरूपिणे

Transliteration

pūṣṇo dantanipātāya gaṇanāthāya te namaḥ | jaya svarūpadehāya arūpabahurūpiṇe

Translation

Con đảnh lễ Ngài, hỡi Gaṇanātha, Đấng khiến răng của Pūṣan rơi xuống. Xin chiến thắng thuộc về Ngài, thân Ngài là bản thể thuần nhất—vô tướng mà hiện ra muôn hình.

Word by Word

• pūṣṇaḥ: of Pūṣan
• pūṣṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of Pūṣan’

• danta-nipātāya: to the one who caused (Pūṣan’s) teeth to fall
• danta-nipātāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक) + nipāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘दन्तानां निपातः’ (the causing of teeth to fall)

• gaṇa-nāthāya: to the lord of the gaṇas
• gaṇa-nāthāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘गणानां नाथः’

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

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक

• jaya: victory (to you)!
• jaya: Sambodhana/Exclamation (स्तुति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; जय-शब्दः स्तुत्यर्थे

• svarūpa-dehāya: to the one whose body is (his) own true form
• svarūpa-dehāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘स्वरूप एव देहः यस्य/स्वरूप-देहः’

• arūpa-bahu-rūpiṇe: to the formless yet many-formed one
• arūpa-bahu-rūpiṇe: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘अरूपः च बहुरूपी च’ (semantic coordination within compound)

Speaker

Andhaka (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Gaṇanātha—lord of the gaṇas—surrounded by attendant gaṇas; a subtle flashback motif shows Pūṣan recoiling with broken teeth; above, an abstract aura suggests the formless essence radiating into many forms.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pūṣan
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme can be beyond all form and yet manifest in countless forms; devotion recognizes both transcendence and immanence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it appears within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s wider celebration of the Revā/Narmadā sacred tract.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is praise (stuti) intended for contemplation and recitation.