Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
चंद्रचूडमृड धूर्जटे हर त्र्यक्ष दक्ष शततंतुशातन । शांतशाश्वत शिवापते शिव त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद
caṃdracūḍamṛḍa dhūrjaṭe hara tryakṣa dakṣa śatataṃtuśātana | śāṃtaśāśvata śivāpate śiva tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada
हे चंद्रचूड़, हे मृड, हे धूर्जटि! हे हर, त्रिनेत्र, दक्ष, शत-तंतु (बंधन) के छेदनकर्ता! हे शांत, शाश्वत, शिवापति शिव! मैं आपको नमस्कार करता हूँ—आप नत जनों की वांछित कामनाएँ देते हैं।
Sūrya (Ravi)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Śiva as bondage-cutter)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva
Scene: A litany of Śiva’s names unfolds: moon-crested, compassionate Mṛḍa, matted-haired Dhūrjaṭi, Hara, three-eyed, skillful, destroyer of the hundred-threaded bondage; Śiva radiates timeless peace.
FAQs
Śiva is both fierce (Hara) and benevolent (Mṛḍa), cutting the bonds of attachment and granting peace and liberation-oriented boons.
The hymn is embedded in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, aligning Śiva’s praise with Kāśī’s promise of release from bondage.
No direct injunction; the devotional act modeled is repeated salutations and recitation of Śiva-nāma (divine epithets).