Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दृप्ताय सिंहवपुषे दैत्यसंहारकारिणे । वीर्यायानंतमनसे जगद्भावभृते नमः

Transliteration

dṛptāya siṃhavapuṣe daityasaṃhārakāriṇe | vīryāyānaṃtamanase jagadbhāvabhṛte namaḥ

Translation

顶礼那威猛自雄、现狮子之相、摧灭阿修罗族（代底耶）者；顶礼那无量勇力与无尽心意、荷载并护持世间诸有之成住者。

Word by Word

• दृप्ताय: to the exultant/majestic one
• दृप्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृप्त (प्रातिपदिक; from √दृप् (धातु) ‘to be proud/exult’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सिंहवपुषे: to the one of lion-form
• सिंहवपुषे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह-वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक; सिंह + वपुस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (वपुस्), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सिंहस्य वपुः)

• दैत्यसंहारकारिणे: to the destroyer of demons
• दैत्यसंहारकारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य-संहार-कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; दैत्य + संहार + कारिन्; from √कृ (धातु) with कारिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानां संहारः यस्य/यः करोति)

• वीर्याय: to (your) valor/power
• वीर्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अनन्तमनसे: to the one of infinite mind
• अनन्तमनसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; अनन्त + मनस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मनस्), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अनन्तं मनः यस्य/अनन्तमनाः)

• जगद्भावभृते: to the bearer of the world’s existence/state
• जगद्भावभृते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-भाव-भृत् (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + भाव + भृत्; from √भृ (धातु) ‘to bear’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जगतः भावं बिभर्ति)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः-शब्दः (salutation particle)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa stuti context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Nṛsiṃha-smaraṇa within)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nṛsiṃha with leonine visage and blazing mane, poised in protective stance; daityas fleeing or subdued; behind him the world rests like a small orb, indicating jagad-bhāva-bhṛt; devotees sheltered at his feet, hands in añjali.

Characters & Entities

• Siṃhavapuṣ (Narasimha)
• Daityas
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power defends dharma by destroying demonic forces; devotion seeks fearlessness under the Lord’s protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the contextual sacred site where such protective forms of Viṣṇu are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the verse functions as a protective stuti suitable for recitation.