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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

नमस्ते विश्वरूपाय विष्णवे परमात्मने । अर्घ्यं गृहाण देवेश कूपेऽस्मिन्नृगसंज्ञके

namaste viśvarūpāya viṣṇave paramātmane | arghyaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa kūpe'sminnṛgasaṃjñake

“Đảnh lễ Ngài, Viṣṇu mang hình tướng vũ trụ, Đấng Tối Thượng Ngã. Hỡi Chúa tể chư thiên, xin nhận lễ arghya này tại giếng mang danh Nṛga.”

namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (निपात/उद्गार), नमस्कारार्थे; indeclinable interjection meaning ‘salutation’
teto you
te:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to you’
viśvarūpāyato the universal-formed one
viśvarūpāya:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva+rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘विश्वं रूपं यस्य/विश्व-रूपः’
viṣṇaveto Viṣṇu
viṣṇave:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
paramātmaneto the Supreme Self
paramātmane:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootparama+ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भावः—‘परमः आत्मा’
arghyamarghya-offering (water/oblation)
arghyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootarghya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
gṛhāṇaaccept
gṛhāṇa:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
deveśaO Lord of gods
deveśa:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva+īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘देवानाम् ईशः’
kūpein the well
kūpe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
asminin this
asmin:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in this’
nṛgasaṃjñakein (the well) named Nṛga
nṛgasaṃjñake:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnṛga+saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘नृगस्य संज्ञा यस्य’ (named Nṛga)

Prahlāda (teaching the invocation/mantra)

Tirtha: Nṛga-kūpa

Type: kund

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas / brāhmaṇas

Scene: A devotee stands by the well, hands extended with arghya; above the water’s surface appears a subtle vision of Viṣṇu as Viśvarūpa—cosmic forms within a radiant aura—while the mantra of homage is uttered.

V
Viṣṇu
P
Paramātman
D
Deveśa
N
Nṛga-kūpa

FAQs

Tīrtha worship is centered on recognizing Viṣṇu as the Paramātman and offering reverence through prescribed invocations.

Nṛga-kūpa (the well named after Nṛga) within Dvārakā-māhātmya.

Recite this salutation and offer arghya to Viṣṇu/Deveśa at the Nṛga-named well.