Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
नमोस्तु शर्वाय नमः शिवाय नमोस्तु सिद्धाय पुरातनाय । नमोस्तु कालाय नमः कलाय नमोऽस्तु ते कालकलातिगाय
namostu śarvāya namaḥ śivāya namostu siddhāya purātanāya | namostu kālāya namaḥ kalāya namo'stu te kālakalātigāya
سلامٌ لِشَرفا؛ سلامٌ لِشِيفا؛ سلامٌ للكاملِ القديم. سلامٌ لكالا، الزمان؛ سلامٌ لكَلا، القُدرة/النصيب الإلهي. سلامٌ لكَ يا من يتجاوز الزمانَ وتقاسيمَه.
Guha (Skanda/Kumāra)
Scene: Śiva as Mahākāla: a calm, ancient siddha with a cosmic clock-like mandala behind; flowing time-waves dissolving into a still halo beyond time.
FAQs
Śiva is the timeless Absolute—revered as both the power within time and the reality beyond time’s limits.
The verse is part of the praise sequence within the Kumāreśvara-kṣetra account rather than naming a new tīrtha.
Stotra recitation and namaskāra (salutatory worship) through divine names and attributes.