Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

नमस्ते व्यालभूषाय कक्षापटधराय च । नमोंऽधकविनाशाय दक्षपापापहारिणे । कामनिर्द्दाहिने तुभ्यं त्रिपुरारे नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

namaste vyālabhūṣāya kakṣāpaṭadharāya ca | namoṃ'dhakavināśāya dakṣapāpāpahāriṇe | kāmanirddāhine tubhyaṃ tripurāre namo'stu te

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, der mit Schlangen geschmückt ist und den Gurt an der Seite trägt. Ehrerbietung dem Vernichter Andhakas, dem Tilger von Dakṣas Schuld. Dir, der Kāma zu Asche verbrannte, o Feind Tripuras—Dir sei mein demütiger Gruß.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (indeclinable interjection of salutation)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘to you/your’ (enclitic)

• vyāla-bhūṣāya: to the one adorned with serpents
• vyāla-bhūṣāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāla (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘vyālaiḥ bhūṣā yasya’ (one whose ornament is serpents)

• kakṣā-paṭa-dharāya: to the cloth-wearer at the side (kakṣā)
• kakṣā-paṭa-dharāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kakṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘kakṣāyāṃ paṭaṃ dharati’ (wearing a cloth in the armpit/at the side)

• ca: and
• ca: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutation)

• andhaka-vināśāya: to the destroyer of Andhaka
• andhaka-vināśāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhaka (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘andhakasya vināśaḥ’ (destroyer of Andhaka)

• dakṣa-pāpa-apahāriṇe: to the remover of Dakṣa’s sin
• dakṣa-pāpa-apahāriṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + apahārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘dakṣasya pāpaṃ apaharati’ (remover of Dakṣa’s sin)

• kāma-nirdāhine: to the burner of Kāma
• kāma-nirdāhine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + nirdāhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘kāmaṃ nirdahati’ (burner of Kāma)

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘to you’

• tripura-are: O enemy of Tripura
• tripura-are: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — ‘tripurasya ariḥ’ (enemy of Tripura)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutation)

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘let it be’

• te: for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of you/for you’ (enclitic)

Speaker

Dharma-rāja (Yama) (deduced from immediate narrative context of praise addressed to Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (recipient of praise)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma-rāja offers folded-hands praise to Śiva: the Lord stands ash-smeared, serpent-adorned, with a sash across his side; behind him are symbolic vignettes—Kāma reduced to ash, Tripura’s three cities aflame, Andhaka subdued, and Dakṣa’s yajña disrupted then restored.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śaṃbhu/Tripurāri)
• Andhaka
• Dakṣa
• Kāma (Manmatha)
• Tripura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) of Śiva, recalling his cosmic acts, is presented as a purifying and dharma-supporting practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Dharmāraṇya (a sacred forest-region) within the Brāhma Khaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is reverential praise and salutations to Śiva.