Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

नमो भर्गाय देवाय देवानां पतये नमः । मृत्युंजयाय रुद्राय ईशानाय कपर्द्दिने

Transliteration

namo bhargāya devāya devānāṃ pataye namaḥ | mṛtyuṃjayāya rudrāya īśānāya kaparddine

Translation

Hommage à Bharga, le Seigneur rayonnant ; hommage au maître des dieux. Hommage à Mṛtyuṃjaya, vainqueur de la mort ; à Rudra, à Īśāna, au Seigneur aux cheveux noués (Kapardin).

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमः-शब्दः; निपातवत्, दत्तिः—चतुर्थी-अर्थे)

• bhargāya: to Bharga (radiant one; Śiva)
• bhargāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• devāya: to the god
• devāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• pataye: to the lord
• pataye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (salutatory particle)

• mṛtyuṃjayāya: to Mṛtyuṃjaya (conqueror of death)
• mṛtyuṃjayāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyuṃjaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• rudrāya: to Rudra
• rudrāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• īśānāya: to Īśāna
• īśānāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

• kaparddine: to Kapardin (the matted-haired one)
• kaparddine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapardin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative singular)

Speaker

Yama (in stuti, as introduced in the surrounding verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama in añjali before Śiva; Śiva radiant, matted hair, crescent and serpents implied, calm gaze; the verse’s epithets appear as a halo of sacred syllables around him.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Bharga, Devadeva, Mṛtyuṃjaya, Rudra, Īśāna, Kapardin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is praised as the luminous Lord and the conqueror of death—devotion to him grants fearlessness and refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva setting, the focus is on Śiva’s epithets rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse functions as stuti/japa material—recitation of Śiva’s names as a devotional discipline.