Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
महायशाश्चतुर्थस्तु कथ्यते मुनिसत्तमाः । अजैकपाद इत्युक्तः पंचमो मुनि सत्तमाः
mahāyaśāścaturthastu kathyate munisattamāḥ | ajaikapāda ityuktaḥ paṃcamo muni sattamāḥ
ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, നാലാമൻ ‘മഹായശാ’ എന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. അഞ്ചാമൻ, ഹേ മുനിവരന്മാരേ, ‘അജൈകപാദ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (munisattamāḥ)
Scene: A seated Sūta or narrator recites a sacred list of Rudra-names to attentive sages in an āśrama setting; the names appear as a haloed mantra-garland around a subtle Śiva-linga or Rudra icon.
FAQs
Remembering divine names is itself a form of devotion, preserving the sacred map of Rudra’s manifestations.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the Rudra-related listing within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame.
None; the verse is part of a name-listing sequence.