Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 189
Devanagari script
आत्मानंदानुरुद्धाय सम्यक्तयक्तोर्मये नमः । हृषीकेशाय महते नमस्तेऽनंतशक्तये
Transliteration
ātmānaṃdānuruddhāya samyaktayaktormaye namaḥ | hṛṣīkeśāya mahate namaste'naṃtaśaktaye
Translation
礼敬安住于自性之乐者，其（世间扰动的）波浪已全然止息；礼敬伟大的赫利希凯沙——向您致敬，具无尽神力者。
Word by Word
आत्मानन्दानुरुद्धायto (him) devoted to Self-bliss
आत्मानन्दानुरुद्धाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् + आनन्द + अनुरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'devoted/attached to the bliss of the Self'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
सम्यक्तयक्तोर्मयेto (him) whose waves are completely renounced/stilled
सम्यक्तयक्तोर्मये:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय) + त्यक्त + ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'whose waves are well-abandoned/fully stilled'; reading per given text tayakta-), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation/सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नमस्कारार्थे
हृषीकेशायto Hṛṣīkeśa
हृषीकेशाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootहृषीक + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'lord of the senses'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
महतेto the great one
महते:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation/सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नमस्कारार्थे
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
अनन्तशक्तयेto (you of) infinite power
अनन्तशक्तये:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्त + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'infinite power'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Aitareya
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The Lord as Hṛṣīkeśa stands serene, with an aura suggesting infinite śakti; around him stylized waves settle into calm, symbolizing stilled mental agitation; the sage offers salutations.
Characters & Entities
H
Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)FAQs
True divinity is recognized as inner steadiness and mastery of the senses, paired with limitless cosmic power.
No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
Implicit discipline: sense-control (as Hṛṣīkeśa is Lord of the senses) and inward anchoring in ātmānanda.