Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

विश्वरूपाय विश्वाय विश्वनाताय वै नमः । शंकराय च कालाय कालावयवरूपिणे

Transliteration

viśvarūpāya viśvāya viśvanātāya vai namaḥ | śaṃkarāya ca kālāya kālāvayavarūpiṇe

Translation

Hommage à Celui dont la forme est l’univers; à Celui qui est l’univers; au Seigneur de l’univers. Hommage à Śaṅkara, et au Temps lui-même — à Celui dont la forme est constituée des parts du Temps.

Word by Word

• विश्वरूपाय: to the one of universal form
• विश्वरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक) = विश्व + रूप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विश्वाय: to the all / the universe
• विश्वाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विश्वनाताय: to the Lord of the universe
• विश्वनाताय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वनात (प्रातिपदिक) = विश्व + नाथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाथ-शब्दस्य रूपभेदः (नाथ → नात)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (Object of saluting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोगः (salutation)

• शंकराय: to Śaṅkara
• शंकराय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कालाय: to Time
• कालाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कालावयवरूपिणे: to the one whose form consists of the parts of time
• कालावयवरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालावयवरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक) = काल + अवयव + रूपिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; -इन्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessor: having the form of the limbs/parts of time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/seekers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva stands or sits as Viśvarūpa: galaxies, mountains, rivers, and beings within his body; a wheel/flow motif represents Kāla, with Śaṅkara’s calm face presiding over time’s movement.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śaṅkara
• Kāla (Time)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All forms and all time are encompassed by Śiva; recognizing this dissolves fear and grounds dharma in the eternal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Though ‘Viśvanātha’ is an epithet, the immediate textual setting is Kedārakhaṇḍa—praise oriented to Kedāra’s Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it is a contemplative praise suitable for pilgrimage recitation.