Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

नमो मन्दगते तुभ्यं निस्त्रिंशाय नमोनमः । नमस्त उग्ररूपाय चण्डतेजाय ते नमः

Transliteration

namo mandagate tubhyaṃ nistriṃśāya namonamaḥ | namasta ugrarūpāya caṇḍatejāya te namaḥ

Translation

Verehrung dir, der du langsam schreitest; Verehrung, immer wieder, dir, der du das Schwert trägst. Verehrung dir, von furchterregender Gestalt; dir, von grimmigem Glanz, Verehrung.

Word by Word

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

• mandagate: O slow-moving one
• mandagate: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manda (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त; √gam (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मन्दं गतिः/मन्दगतः)

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

• nistriṃśāya: to the sword (or sword-bearing one)
• nistriṃśāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nistriṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

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

• namaḥ: salutation (again)
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

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

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

• ugrarūpāya: to the fierce-formed one
• ugrarūpāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ugra (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (उग्रं रूपं यस्य)

• caṇḍatejāya: to the one of fierce splendor
• caṇḍatejāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (चण्डं तेजः यस्य)

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

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

Speaker

Narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śani appears as a stern guardian-judge: slow, heavy presence; a symbolic sword (nistriṃśa) held upright; radiance sharp and concentrated rather than solar; devotees offer oil lamps and sesame at a coastal shrine precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara (Saturn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Slow-moving trials are still guided by divine order; patience and disciplined dharma are the right response to delay and pressure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, the pilgrimage context framing this hymn as spiritually efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; repeated salutations indicate devotional repetition (japa-like recitation).