Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

नमस्ते भगवन्रुद्र नमस्ते भगवञ्छिव । नमस्ते परतः श्रेष्ठ नमस्ते परतः पर

Transliteration

namaste bhagavanrudra namaste bhagavañchiva | namaste parataḥ śreṣṭha namaste parataḥ para

Translation

हे भगवान् रुद्र! आपको नमस्कार; हे भगवान् शिव! आपको नमस्कार। हे परात्पर श्रेष्ठ! आपको नमस्कार; हे परात्पर! आपको नमस्कार।

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (नमः + ते इति संधिः)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• bhagavan: O Blessed Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• rudra: O Rudra
• rudra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• bhagavan: O Blessed Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• śiva: O Śiva
• śiva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; (bhagavan + śiva इति संधिः: भगवञ्छिव)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• parataḥ: beyond; higher than
• parataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-विशेषणम्/क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: 'beyond, higher than')

• śreṣṭha: O best (one)
• śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• parataḥ: beyond
• parataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'beyond')

• para: O Supreme (one)
• para: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A primary interlocutor of the Prabhāsa-māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers repeated namaskāras to Rudra-Śiva; the deity is envisioned as luminous, formless-yet-manifest, towering beyond cosmic layers, with the sea-coast tīrtha atmosphere of Prabhāsa implied.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is praised as both immanent (Rudra/Śiva) and utterly transcendent (para), inviting surrender beyond conceptual limits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative frame where this salutation is voiced as part of the site’s sacred greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it functions as a concise namaskāra-mantra suitable for daily recitation.