Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

नमस्ते भगवन्रुद्र नमस्ते भगवञ्छिव । नमस्ते परतः श्रेष्ठ नमस्ते परतः पर

Transliteration

namaste bhagavanrudra namaste bhagavañchiva | namaste parataḥ śreṣṭha namaste parataḥ para

Translation

التحيةُ لكَ يا ربَّ رودرا، التحيةُ لكَ يا ربَّ شيفا. التحيةُ لكَ يا أسمى من كلِّ سموّ؛ التحيةُ لكَ يا من هو وراءَ ما وراءَ الوراء.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (नमः + ते इति संधिः)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• bhagavan: O Blessed Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• rudra: O Rudra
• rudra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• bhagavan: O Blessed Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• śiva: O Śiva
• śiva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; (bhagavan + śiva इति संधिः: भगवञ्छिव)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• parataḥ: beyond; higher than
• parataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-विशेषणम्/क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: 'beyond, higher than')

• śreṣṭha: O best (one)
• śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• parataḥ: beyond
• parataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'beyond')

• para: O Supreme (one)
• para: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A primary interlocutor of the Prabhāsa-māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers repeated namaskāras to Rudra-Śiva; the deity is envisioned as luminous, formless-yet-manifest, towering beyond cosmic layers, with the sea-coast tīrtha atmosphere of Prabhāsa implied.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is praised as both immanent (Rudra/Śiva) and utterly transcendent (para), inviting surrender beyond conceptual limits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative frame where this salutation is voiced as part of the site’s sacred greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it functions as a concise namaskāra-mantra suitable for daily recitation.