Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

पौराणैः सामसंगीतैर्वेदिकैर्गुह्यनामभिः । नमस्तुभ्यं महादेव महादेव्यै नमोनमः

Transliteration

paurāṇaiḥ sāmasaṃgītairvedikairguhyanāmabhiḥ | namastubhyaṃ mahādeva mahādevyai namonamaḥ

Translation

بأناشيد البورانا، وبألحان تراتيل السامان، وبمدائح الفيدا، وبالأسماء السرّية الباطنة، نسجد لك يا مهاديڤا؛ ونُكرّر السجود مرارًا لمهاديڤي، الإلهة العظمى.

Word by Word

• paurāṇaiḥ: with purāṇic (hymns)
• paurāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• sāma-saṃgītaiḥ: with Sāma-chant songs
• sāma-saṃgītaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāman (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘साम्नः संगितानि’)

• vaidikaiḥ: with Vedic (hymns)
• vaidikaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaidika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• guhya-nāmabhiḥ: with secret names
• guhya-nāmabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘गुह्यानि नामानि’)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Discourse/Salutation (सम्बोधन-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection), नमस्कारार्थक

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• mahādeva: O Mahādeva
• mahādeva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahādevyai: to Mahādevī
• mahādevyai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Discourse/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection), नमस्कारार्थक

• namaḥ: salutation (again)
• namaḥ: Discourse/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection), पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods), offering stuti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā leads a chorus of seers/devas singing Sāman melodies; Śiva and Devī are saluted together, with sacred syllables and secret names visualized as flowing script-like radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Mahādevī
• Sāma-veda
• Veda
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True reverence unites Vedic authority, Purāṇic devotion, and inner (guhya) contemplation in worship of Śiva and Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on universal praise of Umā–Maheśvara within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied modes of worship: Vedic chanting (Sāman), Purāṇic recitation, and mantra-like invocation of secret divine names.