Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

नमो जगत्प्रसूत्यै ते हेतवे पालकाय च । संहर्त्रे च नमस्तुभ्यं तिस्रोऽवस्थास्तव प्रभो

Transliteration

namo jagatprasūtyai te hetave pālakāya ca | saṃhartre ca namastubhyaṃ tisro'vasthāstava prabho

Translation

Salutations to you, the cause of the world’s arising, and to you as its protector; salutations also to you as its withdrawer. O Lord, these three states belong to you.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक-निपात) — 'salutation'

• जगत्प्रसूत्यै: to the world's creation
• जगत्प्रसूत्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + prasūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः प्रसूतिः) — 'to the origin/production of the world'

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — 'your'

• हेतवे: to the cause
• हेतवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — 'to the cause'

• पालकाय: to the protector
• पालकाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — 'to the protector'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — 'and'

• संहर्त्रे: to the destroyer
• संहर्त्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-√hṛ (हृ) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तृच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तरि कृदन्त (agent noun) — 'to the destroyer'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — 'and'

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक) — 'salutation'

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — 'to you'

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — 'three'

• अवस्थाः: states
• अवस्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avasthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — 'states/conditions'

• तव: of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — 'of you'

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — 'O Lord'

Speaker

Devas (collective stuti)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal stotra tableau: devas in añjali-mudrā, the addressed Lord/creator principle enthroned; symbolic triad motifs (three flames/three circles) indicating creation-preservation-dissolution emanating from one source.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (addressed as Lord/cosmic cause)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is honored as the single ground of the cosmos—manifesting as creation, protection, and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a theological praise focusing on cosmic functions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse exemplifies stuti and namaskāra as devotional practice.