Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

नमोऽनामयनाम्ने ते नमस्ते कृत्तिवाससे । नमो भैरवनाथाय नमः सोमेश्वराय ते

Transliteration

namo'nāmayanāmne te namaste kṛttivāsase | namo bhairavanāthāya namaḥ someśvarāya te

Translation

„Ehrerbietung Dir, dessen Name Anāmaya ist; Ehrerbietung Dir, Kṛttivāsa. Ehrerbietung Bhairavanātha; Ehrerbietung Dir, Someśvara.“

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutations
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उपपद-प्रयोगः), नमस्कारार्थकः; indeclinable particle used for salutation

• anāmaya-nāmne: to (you) named ‘Anāmaya’ (the disease-less)
• anāmaya-nāmne: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन-प्राप्तिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anāmaya (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (nāman-शब्दः), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘अनामयस्य नाम’ → ‘अनामयनाम’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचनम्; enclitic form

• namaḥ: salutations
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थकः

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचनम्; enclitic

• kṛttivāsase: to the wearer of a hide/skin-garment
• kṛttivāsase: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘कृत्तेः वासः’ → ‘कृत्तिवास’

• namaḥ: salutations
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थकः

• bhairavanāthāya: to the lord of Bhairava(s) / Bhairavanātha
• bhairavanāthāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘भैरवस्य नाथः’

• namaḥ: salutations
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थकः

• someśvarāya: to Someśvara (Lord of Soma/Moon)
• someśvarāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘सोमस्य ईश्वरः’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचनम्; enclitic

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual hymn within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; a devotee/narrator praising Śiva by epithets)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛteśvara/Somnatha with Bhairava and Someśvara aspects at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fourfold depiction or sequential vignettes: Śiva as healer radiating calm (Anāmaya), as tiger-skin-clad ascetic (Kṛttivāsa), as fierce guardian Bhairava with dog mount, and as moon-crested Someśvara with soma glow; devotees offer flowers and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Anāmaya
• Kṛttivāsa
• Bhairavanātha
• Someśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva through many sacred names invokes His varied powers—healing, ascetic mastery, protection, and cool lunar grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the litany of names offered to the resident Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse itself is a mantra-like sequence appropriate for nāma-japa and stotra recitation.