Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यस्तस्य पुरतो भक्त्या नीलरुद्रा न्सदा जपेत् । प्राणरुद्रान्विशेषेण भवरुद्रसमन्वितान्

Transliteration

yastasya purato bhaktyā nīlarudrā nsadā japet | prāṇarudrānviśeṣeṇa bhavarudrasamanvitān

Translation

من يداوم، بتعبّدٍ وخشوع، على ترديد جَپَا تراتيل «نِيلا-رودرا» أمامه—وخاصة «برانا-رودرا» مع «بهافا-رودرا»—ينل المنفعة الموعودة.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (यत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• tasya: of that (deity)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• purataḥ: in front (of)
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (पुरतस्)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• nīla-rudrān: the blue Rudras
• nīla-rudrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla (नील) + rudra (रुद्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (नीलाः रुद्राः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (सदा)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• japet: should mutter/recite
• japet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (जप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• prāṇa-rudrān: Prāṇa-Rudras
• prāṇa-rudrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्राण) + rudra (रुद्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्राण-सम्बन्धिनः रुद्राः)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (विशेष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental used adverbially)

• bhava-rudra-samanvitān: accompanied by Bhava-Rudra(s)
• bhava-rudra-samanvitān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhava (भव) + rudra (रुद्र) + samanvita (समन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (भवरुद्रैः समन्वितान्)

Speaker

Pippalāda (contextual attribution within this māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits in padmāsana before the liṅga, counting a rudrākṣa mālā; around the liṅga appear subtle blue-hued Rudra aspects (Nīla-Rudras) as a protective circle; breath is depicted as luminous streams (Prāṇa-Rudras).

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Nīla-Rudra
• Prāṇa-Rudra
• Bhava-Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional japa of Rudra-forms in the deity’s presence is upheld as a direct means to protection and spiritual purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine/field of the presiding deity in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra associated with Kaṃsāreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily japa of Nīla-Rudras—especially Prāṇa-Rudras with Bhava-Rudra—performed before the deity.