Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

नमस्ते सूर्यचद्राग्निलोचनाय कपर्दिने । नमः शिवाय सोमाय मार्कंडेय भयच्छिदे

Transliteration

namaste sūryacadrāgnilocanāya kapardine | namaḥ śivāya somāya mārkaṃḍeya bhayacchide

Translation

സൂര്യ-ചന്ദ്ര-അഗ്നി എന്നിങ്ങനെ കണ്ണുകളുള്ള ജടാധാരിയായ പ്രഭുവേ, നമസ്കാരം. ഹേ ശിവാ, ഹേ സോമാ, മാർകണ്ഡേയന്റെ ഭയം മുറിച്ചവനേ, പ്രണാമം.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular) (प्रयोगे)

• सूर्यचन्द्राग्निलोचनाय: to him whose eyes are the sun, moon, and fire
• सूर्यचन्द्राग्निलोचनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + चन्द्र + अग्नि + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सूर्य-चन्द्र-अग्नयः लोचनानि यस्य)

• कपर्दिने: to the matted-haired one
• कपर्दिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• सोमाय: to Soma
• सोमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• मार्कण्डेयभयच्छिदे: to the remover of Mārkaṇḍeya’s fear
• मार्कण्डेयभयच्छिदे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय + भय + छिद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मार्कण्डेयस्य भयं छिनत्ति इति)

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (contextual continuity from the preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vision of Śiva with three radiant eyes—sun, moon, and fire—appears above/within the liṅga; matted locks (kapardin) and crescent (Soma) are prominent; the Mārkaṇḍeya protection theme is suggested by a subdued Yama figure at the margins.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sūrya
• Candra
• Agni
• Mārkaṇḍeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva as the all-seeing Lord (three cosmic eyes) dispels fear and grants inner protection, as in the Mārkaṇḍeya episode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra/Rāmeśvaram is the setting of this praise to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is a devotional mantra-like salutation used in pūjā and stotra recitation.