Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

नमस्ते देवदेवाय महादेवाय मौलिने । जगद्धात्रे सवित्रे च शंकराय शिवाय च

Transliteration

namaste devadevāya mahādevāya mauline | jagaddhātre savitre ca śaṃkarāya śivāya ca

Translation

Hommage à Toi, Dieu des dieux—Mahādeva, Seigneur couronné; soutien du monde, Savitṛ l’inspirateur; à Śaṅkara, à Śiva—salutations !

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (interjectional use: salutation)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूपम्; अत्र चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन — ‘to you’

• देवदेवाय: to the god of gods
• देवदेवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — देवानां देवाय

• महादेवाय: to Mahādeva
• महादेवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय) — महान् देवः

• मौलिने: to the one with a crown/crest
• मौलिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• जगद्धात्रे: to the sustainer of the world
• जगद्धात्रे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — जगतः धात्रे (supporter/sustainer of the world)

• सवित्रे: to Savitṛ (the impeller/Sun)
• सवित्रे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Girijā (Pārvatī) (beginning of Hara-stotra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or sage) stands with folded hands before a luminous, crowned Mahādeva; the cosmos subtly suggested behind him as Jagaddhātṛ; a solar aura hints at Savitṛ as inner light.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva (Śiva)
• Mahādeva
• Śaṅkara
• Śiva
• Savitṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva through his many divine names is itself worship; the stotra teaches reverent surrender to the world-sustaining Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is a hymn within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; it praises Śiva directly rather than naming a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) is implied as a devotional act; no additional ritual details are stated here.