Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63
जय रुद्र विरूपाक्ष जयाचिंत्य निरंजन । जय नाथ कृपासिंधो जय भक्तार्तिभञ्जन । जय दुस्तरसंसारसागरोत्तारण प्रभो
jaya rudra virūpākṣa jayāciṃtya niraṃjana | jaya nātha kṛpāsiṃdho jaya bhaktārtibhañjana | jaya dustarasaṃsārasāgarottāraṇa prabho
النصر لك يا رودرا، يا واسعَ العينين! النصر لك، يا من لا يُدرَك، يا منزَّهًا عن الدنس! النصر لك يا ناثا، يا بحرَ الرحمة! النصر لك يا مُزيلَ كربِ العابدين! النصر لك أيها الربّ، يا من يُعَبِّرُ بالكائنات بحرَ السَّمْسارا العسيرَ الاجتياز!
Devotee/worshipper (stotra)
Scene: A devotee with folded hands chants ‘Jaya Rudra’ before a luminous liṅga; Śiva appears as Virūpākṣa—wide-eyed, ash-smeared, with crescent moon and Gaṅgā—standing at the edge of a vast ocean symbolizing saṃsāra, extending a hand as a ferryman.
FAQs
Śiva is approached as the compassionate liberator who removes suffering and grants deliverance from saṃsāra.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes Śiva’s saving grace, a theme common to many Śiva-kṣetras.
Devotional praise and supplication, focusing on Śiva’s mercy and liberating power.