Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
नमो हरस्वरूपाय भूतसंहारकारिणे । महाभूतात्मभूताय भूतानां पतये नमः
Transliteration
namo harasvarūpāya bhūtasaṃhārakāriṇe | mahābhūtātmabhūtāya bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ
Translation
ハラの御姿として衆生の滅尽をなす御方よ、あなたに礼拝します。大いなる元素の真我そのものであり、あらゆる生きとし生けるものの主に、礼拝します。
Word by Word
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थे
हरस्वरूपायto the one whose form is Hara
हरस्वरूपाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootहर + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन
भूतसंहारकारिणेto the doer of the destruction of beings
भूतसंहारकारिणे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत + संहार + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; 'कारिन्' = कर्तृवाचक
महाभूतात्मभूतायto the one who is the very essence of the great elements
महाभूतात्मभूताय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभूत + आत्मभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; आत्मभूत = 'स्वरूपभूत/स्वभावभूत'
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
पतयेto the lord
पतये:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय-प्रयोग; नमस्कारार्थे (पुनरुक्ति)
Speaker
Dhruva
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Dhruva praises the Lord as Hara—cosmic dissolver—while the five great elements swirl as subtle mandalas around the deity, showing immanence and mastery over all beings.
Characters & Entities
D
DhruvaH
Hara (as an aspect/epithet)B
Bhūtas (beings/elements)FAQs
The Supreme governs creation and dissolution and pervades the elements—inviting reverence beyond sectarian division.
It belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī narrative milieu rather than naming a particular tīrtha in this verse.
None; it is a theological salutation (namaskāra) within a hymn.