Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
नमस्ते वसुरूपाय कृष्णाय च नमोऽस्तु ते । नमस्ते रौद्रदेहाय नमस्ते चांतकाय च
namaste vasurūpāya kṛṣṇāya ca namo'stu te | namaste raudradehāya namaste cāṃtakāya ca
السلامُ لك يا من صورتُه صورةُ الفَسُو؛ والسلامُ لك يا كِرِشنا، أيها الداكن. السلامُ لك يا من جسدُه رهيبٌ على هيئةِ رودرا؛ والسلامُ لك أيضًا يا أَنْتَكَ، المُنهي (الموت).
Pippalāda (addressing Śanaiścara)
Scene: A litany of salutations unfolds as Śanaiścara is envisioned in layered iconographies: dark-bodied, Rudra-like fierce form, and as Antaka (ender), suggesting a deity who governs time, decay, and karmic consequence.
FAQs
Reverence to the cosmic forces embodied in Śanaiścara—acknowledging his severe, fate-governing aspect—becomes a means to transform fear into devotion and protection.
This verse functions as part of a graha-stotra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the snippet itself praises Śanaiścara rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a hymn-verse (stotra) offering salutations.