Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

नमो वृषकृतांकाय यजुर्वेदधराय च । ब्रह्मांडकोटिसंलग्नमालिने गगनात्मने

Transliteration

namo vṛṣakṛtāṃkāya yajurvedadharāya ca | brahmāṃḍakoṭisaṃlagnamāline gaganātmane

Translation

Sembah sujud kepada Dia yang bertanda lambang lembu; dan kepada Sang pemangku Yajurveda. Sembah sujud kepada Dia yang berkalungkan berjuta-juta telur kosmik (alam semesta), dan kepada Dia yang hakikat-Nya adalah langit.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• वृष-कृत-अङ्काय: to the one marked with the bull-emblem
• वृष-कृत-अङ्काय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ धातोः कृदन्त) + अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वृषेण कृतः अङ्कः यस्य)

• यजुः-वेद-धराय: to the bearer of the Yajurveda
• यजुः-वेद-धराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + धृ (धातु) → धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; धर-शब्दः (धृ धातोः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction)

• ब्रह्माण्ड-कोटि-संलग्न-मालिने: to the garlanded one with clusters of cosmic eggs attached
• ब्रह्माण्ड-कोटि-संलग्न-मालिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + संलग्न (सम्+लग् धातोः कृदन्त) + मालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्माण्डकोटिषु संलग्ना माला यस्य)

• गगन-आत्मने: to the one whose essence is the sky
• गगन-आत्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; आत्मन्-शब्दः

Speaker

Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva with bull-emblem (banner or Nandin nearby), holding/emanating Yajurvedic mantra-streams; around him a garland of miniature universes (brahmāṇḍa-koṭi) arcs like a mālā against an infinite sky.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vṛṣa (bull emblem)
• Yajurveda
• Brahmāṇḍa (cosmic egg)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is both immanent and cosmic—identified through sacred symbols (bull) and as the support of Vedic order and the multiverse itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya praises Śiva in grand cosmological and Vedic terms, magnifying the site’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is a stuti employing Vedic and cosmological epithets.