Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
नमोऽस्तु वै त्रिपुरप्रहर्त्रे महात्मने तारकमर्दनाय । नमोऽस्तु ते क्षीरसमुद्र दायिने शिशोर्मुनीन्द्रस्य समाहितस्य
namo'stu vai tripuraprahartre mahātmane tārakamardanāya | namo'stu te kṣīrasamudra dāyine śiśormunīndrasya samāhitasya
السجودُ لكَ، يا ضاربَ تريبورا وقاهرَها؛ يا عظيمَ النفسِ الذي سحقَ تاراكا. السجودُ لكَ، يا واهبَ بحرِ اللبن، ويا من منحَ للطفلِ الحكيمِ، سيدِ المُنِيّين، ثباتَ السَّمادهي وتركيزَ السكون.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī’s stuti strings together vivid epithets: Śiva as Tripurāntaka, as Tārakāri, as connected to the Milk Ocean, and as bestower of deep concentration upon a child-sage; the imagery alternates between cosmic battle and quiet ascetic blessing.
FAQs
Śiva is praised as the cosmic protector whose deeds restore dharma and empower sages and devotees.
Indirectly, Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the verse is part of the devotional preface to Somēśvara’s local greatness.
None; it is stuti (praise) using mythic epithets.