Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

नमो नित्याय सौम्याय मृडाय हरये नमः । आतपाय नमस्तुभ्यं नमः शीतकराय च

Transliteration

namo nityāya saumyāya mṛḍāya haraye namaḥ | ātapāya namastubhyaṃ namaḥ śītakarāya ca

Translation

നിത്യനും സൗമ്യനും മൃഡനും (മംഗളകരനും) ആയ നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം; ഹരയേ നമഃ. താപവും ദീപ്തിയും ആയ രൂപത്തിൽ നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം; ശീതളത നൽകുന്നവനായി കൂടി നിനക്കു നമോ നമഃ.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; नमस्कारार्थक

• नित्याय: to the eternal one
• नित्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘to the eternal one’

• सौम्याय: to the gentle one
• सौम्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘to the gentle/auspicious one’

• मृडाय: to Mṛḍa (Śiva)
• मृडाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृड (प्रातिपदिक; शिवनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘to Mṛḍa’

• हरये: to Hari
• हरये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक; शिव/विष्णुनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘to Hari’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; नमस्कारार्थक

• आतपाय: to (the form of) heat
• आतपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘to heat/sunshine’ (as a form/aspect)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; नमस्कारार्थक

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन; ‘to you’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-निपात; नमस्कारार्थक

• शीतकराय: to the coolness-giving one
• शीतकराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘शीतं करोति’); ‘to the maker of coolness’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चयबोधक; conjunction ‘and’

Speaker

Dharma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity appears half in warm solar radiance and half in cool moonlit serenity; devotees feel both ātapa and śītala breeze, symbolizing transcendence of opposites.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Śiva (Hara, Mṛḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the harmonizing source of opposites—heat and coolness—revealing his all-pervading governance of nature and life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse continues the stotra within Dharmāraṇya’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is praise through namaskāra.