Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

नीलकण्ठ महादेव रामेश्वरसदाशिव । इति ब्रुवन्सदा जंतुर्नैव कामेन बाध्यते

Transliteration

nīlakaṇṭha mahādeva rāmeśvarasadāśiva | iti bruvansadā jaṃturnaiva kāmena bādhyate

Translation

L’être qui dit toujours : « Ô Nīlakaṇṭha, ô Mahādeva, ô Rāmeśvara, ô Sadāśiva », n’est jamais tourmenté par kāma (désir sensuel).

Word by Word

• नीलकण्ठ: O Nīlakaṇṭha (blue-throated one)
• नीलकण्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीलकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नीलः कण्ठः यस्य/नीलकण्ठः)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• रामेश्वरसदाशिव: O Rāmeśvara and Sadāśiva
• रामेश्वरसदाशिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर + सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (रामेश्वरश्च सदाशिवश्च)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरणसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक

• ब्रुवन्: saying/reciting
• ब्रुवन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• जन्तुः: a creature/person
• जन्तुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• कामेन: by desire/lust
• कामेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• बाध्यते: is afflicted
• बाध्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि (passive)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara/Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis seeking Setu-māhātmya (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee before the liṅga, mind steady, with symbolic Kāma (flower-bow) fading into the background as the names of Śiva are chanted; Śiva as Nīlakaṇṭha radiates cool blue calm.

Characters & Entities

• Nīlakaṇṭha
• Mahādeva
• Rāmeśvara
• Sadāśiva
• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional repetition of Śiva’s names disciplines the mind and weakens binding desire (kāma).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram (Setu-kṣetra), explicitly through the name Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Constant recitation of Śiva’s epithets (nāma-japa/stotra) as a remedy for kāma.