Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

नमः कृष्णाय शर्वाय त्रिपुरांतक हारिणे । अघोराय नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते पुरुषाय ते

Transliteration

namaḥ kṛṣṇāya śarvāya tripurāṃtaka hāriṇe | aghorāya namaste'stu namaste puruṣāya te

Translation

Hommage à Kṛṣṇa, à Śarva, destructeur de Tripura. Salut à Aghora ; salut à Toi, le Purusha suprême.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (salutatory particle)

• कृष्णाय: to Kṛṣṇa (the dark one)
• कृष्णाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• शर्वाय: to Śarva
• शर्वाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• त्रिपुरांतक: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• त्रिपुरांतक: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + पुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (सम्बोधन/विशेषणार्थे); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः = ‘त्रिपुर का संहारक’)

• हारिणे: to the remover/destroyer
• हारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; -इन्-प्रातिपदिक

• अघोराय: to Aghora
• अघोराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय; संधौ ‘नमः + ते’ इति

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (enclitic)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/विधिलिङ्-आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय; संधौ ‘नमः + ते’ इति

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (enclitic)

• पुरुषाय: to the Person (Puruṣa)
• पुरुषाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

Speaker

Unspecified (stotra voice within Tīrthamāhātmya narration; attributed to the hymn-reciter in the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripurāntaka Śiva poised with bow, the three aerial cities (Tripura) in the distance dissolving into light; yet Śiva’s face remains calm—Aghora—while a devotee bows, recognizing the Supreme Puruṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śarva
• Tripurāntaka
• Aghora
• Puruṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva removes the ‘three cities’ of bondage and is worshipped as both awe-inspiring power and benevolent Aghora.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya; this verse alone does not identify the site by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it is a salutation formula for stotra/japa during pilgrimage.