Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

नमो ब्रह्मांडरूपाय तदंतर्वर्तिने नमः । अर्वाचीनपराचीनविश्वरूपाय ते नमः

Transliteration

namo brahmāṃḍarūpāya tadaṃtarvartine namaḥ | arvācīnaparācīnaviśvarūpāya te namaḥ

Translation

Kính lễ Ngài—Đấng mang hình tướng Brahmāṇḍa (trứng vũ trụ) và an trụ ngay trong đó. Kính lễ Ngài—Đấng là vũ trụ thân, bao trùm gần và xa, trước và vượt ngoài.

Word by Word

• namo: salutation
• namo: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः (salutation)

• brahmāṇḍa: cosmic egg; universe
• brahmāṇḍa: Samāsa-aṅga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक-रूपम् (compound member)

• rūpāya: to the form
• rūpāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• brahmāṇḍarūpāya: to the one whose form is the universe
• brahmāṇḍarūpāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः: ‘ब्रह्माण्ड-रूप’ = having the form of the universe

• tad: that
• tad: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र समासे पूर्वपदत्वेन ‘तद्-’ = that

• antar: within
• antar: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antar (अव्यय/उपसर्गप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘अन्तर्’ (inside/within) समासे उपपदत्वेन

• vartine: to the one abiding (dwelling)
• vartine: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛt (धातु) + in (कृत्-प्रत्यय) → vartin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (वर्तिन् = abiding); पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• tadantarvartine: to the one dwelling within that
• tadantarvartine: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + antar + vartin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः: ‘तद्-अन्तर-वर्तिन्’ = dwelling within that (universe)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः (salutation)

• arvācīna: near; this-side; later
• arvācīna: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arvācīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• parācīna: far; other-side; earlier
• parācīna: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parācīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग

• viśva: all; universal
• viśva: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग

• rūpāya: to the form
• rūpāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• arvācīnaparācīnaviśvarūpāya: to the one whose universal form is both near and far
• arvācīnaparācīnaviśvarūpāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arvācīna + parācīna + viśva + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-प्रधानः: ‘अर्वाचीन-पराचीन-विश्व-रूप’ = whose universal form is both near and far (this-side and that-side)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः (salutation)

Speaker

Unspecified (Devotional eulogy within Dharmāraṇya narrative; likely a sage or narrator-voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast brahmāṇḍa like a luminous oval floats in space; within it the deity is seen as the indwelling presence, simultaneously larger than the egg and present at its heart; near and far landscapes fold into one universal form.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmāṇḍa (Cosmic Egg)
• Viśvarūpa (Universal Form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is both the universe’s very body and the indwelling presence; nothing—near or far—lies outside the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is not site-specific; in Dharmāraṇya it elevates the pilgrimage mood by asserting that the sacred can be encountered everywhere within the Lord’s viśvarūpa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a contemplative salutation suitable for japa or recitation during tīrtha-yātrā.