Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

पुंस्त्रीविकाररूपाय नमश्चंद्रार्द्धधारिणे । नमोग्नये सहोमाय आदित्यवरुणाय च

Transliteration

puṃstrīvikārarūpāya namaścaṃdrārddhadhāriṇe | namognaye sahomāya ādityavaruṇāya ca

Translation

Verehrung Dir, der Du in den Wandlungen von Mann und Frau erscheinst, und Dir, der Du die Mondsichel als Schmuck trägst. Verehrung Dir als dem Feuer zusammen mit der Homa-Opfergabe, und ebenso als der Sonne und als Varuṇa.

Word by Word

• पुंस्-स्त्री-विकार-रूपाय: to the one whose form is the transformation into male and female
• पुंस्-स्त्री-विकार-रूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + विकार (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पुंसः स्त्रियाश्च विकारः रूपं यस्य)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• चन्द्र-अर्ध-धारिणे: to the bearer of the half-moon
• चन्द्र-अर्ध-धारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + धृ (धातु) → धारिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; धारिन्-शब्दः (धृ धातोः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• अग्नये: to Agni (fire)
• अग्नये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• स-होमाय: to the one accompanied by oblation (homa)
• स-होमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभावः (होमेन सह/सहितः)

• आदित्य-वरुणाय: to Āditya and Varuṇa
• आदित्य-वरुणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (आदित्यश्च वरुणश्च)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction)

Speaker

Devī (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva with the crescent moon in matted hair, surrounded by symbolic presences: Agni as a sacrificial flame with oblation, the Sun as a radiant disc, and Varuṇa as oceanic lord—while subtle androgynous (male/female) duality is suggested in the form.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Agni
• Āditya
• Varuṇa
• Candra (crescent moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is praised as the one Reality manifesting as gendered forms and as cosmic deities, teaching non-dual reverence through many names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) is the setting of this stotra within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Homa is alluded to through “sa-homāya,” linking Śiva with Agni and the sacrificial offering, implying worship through fire-ritual and mantra.