Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46
नमो नित्याय सौम्याय मृडाय हरये नमः । आतपाय नमस्तुभ्यं नमः शीतकराय च
namo nityāya saumyāya mṛḍāya haraye namaḥ | ātapāya namastubhyaṃ namaḥ śītakarāya ca
Hommage à l’Éternel, au Doux et Bienveillant, au Miséricordieux ; hommage à Hara. Salutations à Toi comme chaleur et rayonnement ; et hommage aussi à Toi comme celui qui donne la fraîcheur.
Dharma
Scene: The deity appears half in warm solar radiance and half in cool moonlit serenity; devotees feel both ātapa and śītala breeze, symbolizing transcendence of opposites.
FAQs
Śiva is the harmonizing source of opposites—heat and coolness—revealing his all-pervading governance of nature and life.
None explicitly; the verse continues the stotra within Dharmāraṇya’s sacred narrative.
None; it is praise through namaskāra.