Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

नामोच्चारणमात्रेण रुद्रस्य परमात्मनः । सिद्धिं प्राप्तो हि पापिष्ठ इद्रसेनो नराधिपः

Transliteration

nāmoccāraṇamātreṇa rudrasya paramātmanaḥ | siddhiṃ prāpto hi pāpiṣṭha idraseno narādhipaḥ

Translation

പരമാത്മാവായ രുദ്രന്റെ നാമം വെറും ഉച്ചരണമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ, അതിപാപിയായ രാജാവ് ഇദ്രസേനനും സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• उच्चारण: utterance/pronunciation
• उच्चारण: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्चारण (प्रातिपदिक; √चर्/√चृ?—उच्चारयति इति; भाववाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (अव्यक्त)

• मात्रेण: by mere measure/only by
• मात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• नामोच्चारणमात्रेण: by the mere utterance of the name
• नामोच्चारणमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् + उच्चारण + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; समासः—(नामस्य उच्चारणम्) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, ततः (उच्चारणमात्रम्) इति कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• परमात्मनः: of the Supreme Self
• परमात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: obtained/attained
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having obtained’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• पापिष्ठः: most sinful
• पापिष्ठः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्ठन् (तद्धित/तरप्-तमप् तुल्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अतिशय-तुलनात्मक (superlative)

• इद्रसेनः: Idrasena
• इद्रसेनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इद्रसेन (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नराधिपः: king (lord of men)
• नराधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful king Idrasena stands before a Himalayan Śiva-liṅga; snow peaks and cedar forests frame the shrine as he utters ‘Rudra’ and is bathed in a subtle aura of grace.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Paramātman
• Idrasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s Name is presented as a direct purifier—nāma-japa can lift even a heavily burdened soul.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, where the teaching is framed as part of the place’s saving power and Śiva’s compassion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-ucchāraṇa (recitation/utterance of Rudra’s name) is upheld as a potent sādhana.