Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

गंगाधराय मृडिने भवानीप्रियकारिणे । जगदानंददात्रे च ब्रह्मरूपाय ते नमः

Transliteration

gaṃgādharāya mṛḍine bhavānīpriyakāriṇe | jagadānaṃdadātre ca brahmarūpāya te namaḥ

Translation

Ehrerbietung dir — Träger der Gaṅgā, dem gütigen Mṛḍa, dem, der Bhavānī erfreut; Spender der Wonne der Welt und dem, dessen Gestalt Brahman ist.

Word by Word

• गङ्गाधराय: to the bearer of the Ganga
• गङ्गाधराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—गङ्गां धरतीति/गङ्गायाः धरः (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• मृडिने: to Mr̥ḍin (the gracious one)
• मृडिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृडिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• भवानीप्रियकारिणे: to the doer of what is dear to Bhavānī
• भवानीप्रियकारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—भवान्याः प्रियं करोतीति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद)

• जगदानन्ददात्रे: to the giver of bliss to the world
• जगदानन्ददात्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—जगतः आनन्दस्य दाता (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ब्रह्मरूपाय: to the one whose form is Brahman
• ब्रह्मरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मणः रूपम् यस्य (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी) एकवचन (तुभ्यम्-अर्थे) / षष्ठी एकवचन (तव-अर्थे); अत्र ‘तुभ्यम्’ (dative)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय (indeclinable usage); नमः-शब्दः दत्तिवाचकः, चतुर्थ्यर्थे प्रयोगः

Speaker

Devatāgaṇa (Brahmā and other gods) or collective praise (contextual deduction from nearby 'tuṣṭuvuḥ')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional tableau: devas with folded hands offering salutations to Gaṅgādhara Śiva; Gaṅgā implied in the hair, serene benevolence, aura of bliss and Brahman-like stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Mṛḍa (Śiva)
• Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• Brahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is praised as both personal lord (Gaṅgādhara, Bhavānīpriya) and the impersonal Absolute (Brahmarūpa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself is a stotra line; the tīrtha setting is chapter-level and not explicitly named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti (praise) and namaskāra (salutation) as devotional practice.