Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

नमस्ते देवदेवाय महादेवाय मौलिने । जगद्धात्रे सवित्रे च शंकराय शिवाय च

Transliteration

namaste devadevāya mahādevāya mauline | jagaddhātre savitre ca śaṃkarāya śivāya ca

Translation

السجود لك يا إله الآلهة—يا مهاديڤا، يا صاحب التاج؛ يا حامل العالم، يا سافيتْر (Savitṛ) مُلهِم النور؛ وإلى شانكرا، إلى شيفا—سلامٌ وسجود!

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (interjectional use: salutation)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूपम्; अत्र चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन — ‘to you’

• देवदेवाय: to the god of gods
• देवदेवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — देवानां देवाय

• महादेवाय: to Mahādeva
• महादेवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय) — महान् देवः

• मौलिने: to the one with a crown/crest
• मौलिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• जगद्धात्रे: to the sustainer of the world
• जगद्धात्रे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — जगतः धात्रे (supporter/sustainer of the world)

• सवित्रे: to Savitṛ (the impeller/Sun)
• सवित्रे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शंकराय: to Śaṅkara
• शंकराय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Girijā (Pārvatī) (beginning of Hara-stotra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or sage) stands with folded hands before a luminous, crowned Mahādeva; the cosmos subtly suggested behind him as Jagaddhātṛ; a solar aura hints at Savitṛ as inner light.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva (Śiva)
• Mahādeva
• Śaṅkara
• Śiva
• Savitṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva through his many divine names is itself worship; the stotra teaches reverent surrender to the world-sustaining Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is a hymn within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; it praises Śiva directly rather than naming a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) is implied as a devotional act; no additional ritual details are stated here.