Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

ओंनमो देवदेवाय शितिकण्ठाय दंडिने । रुद्राय वामहस्ताय चक्रिणे वेधसे नमः

Transliteration

oṃnamo devadevāya śitikaṇṭhāya daṃḍine | rudrāya vāmahastāya cakriṇe vedhase namaḥ

Translation

أوم—سجودٌ لإله الآلهة: للسيّد أزرق الحلق، حامل العصا؛ لرودرا، ذي اليد اليسرى؛ للسيّد حامل القرص؛ وللخالق (ڤيدهاس)—سلامٌ وخضوع.

Word by Word

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Mantra-marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (प्रणव; अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रणव (sacred syllable)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक निपात; प्रायः चतुर्थी-सम्बन्धेन प्रयुज्यते (obeisance to + dative)

• देवदेवाय: to the god of gods
• देवदेवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (“देवानां देवः”); नमः-योगे सम्प्रदान

• शितिकण्ठाय: to the blue-throated one
• शितिकण्ठाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिति + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (“शितिः कण्ठः यस्य/शितिकण्ठः”); नमः-योगे

• दण्डिने: to the staff-bearer
• दण्डिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्डिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त; “staff-bearer”

• रुद्राय: to Rudra
• रुद्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; नमः-योगे

• वामहस्ताय: to the one with the left hand (as attribute)
• वामहस्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (“वामः हस्तः”); नमः-योगे

• चक्रिणे: to the discus-bearer
• चक्रिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त; “discus-bearer”

• वेधसे: to the ordainer/creator
• वेधसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; “creator/ordainer” (epithet)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक निपात; पुनरुक्त्या स्तुत्यर्थम्

Speaker

Śiva (teaching a mantra within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: All-tīrtha mantra (Prabhāsa context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mantra tableau: Śiva as blue-throated with staff, Rudra aspect radiant; Viṣṇu as cakra-bearing; Brahmā as creator—appearing as subtle presences above the tīrtha while the pilgrim chants.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃ
• Śiva (Śitikaṇṭha/Rudra)
• Cakrin (discus-bearer epithet)
• Vedhas (Creator epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra frames pilgrimage as worship: the tīrtha act is anchored in reverence to the supreme divine addressed through many epithets.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s tīrtha practice context; the mantra is used to sacralize the bathing rite there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific invocation mantra beginning with Oṃ and salutations, to be used in the tīrtha/snānāṅga procedure.