Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

त्र्यंबको घोरनामा च महाकालोऽथ भैरवः । मृत्युंजयोऽथ कामेशो योगेश इति कीर्तितः । एकादशैते रुद्रास्ते कथिताः क्रमशः प्रिये

Transliteration

tryaṃbako ghoranāmā ca mahākālo'tha bhairavaḥ | mṛtyuṃjayo'tha kāmeśo yogeśa iti kīrtitaḥ | ekādaśaite rudrāste kathitāḥ kramaśaḥ priye

Translation

ത്ര്യംബകൻ, ഘോരനാമൻ, മഹാകാലൻ, ഭൈരവൻ; കൂടാതെ മൃത്യുഞ്ജയൻ, കാമേശൻ, യോഗേശൻ—ഇങ്ങനെ അവർ കീർത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. പ്രിയേ, ഇവരാണ് ക്രമമായി പറഞ്ഞ ഏകാദശ രുദ്രന്മാർ.

Word by Word

• त्र्यंबकः: Tryambaka (Three-eyed)
• त्र्यंबकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-अम्बक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + अम्बक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — name

• घोरनामा: Ghoranāmā (Terrible-named)
• घोरनामा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोर-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; घोर + नामन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘one whose name is terrible’ (name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• महाकालः: Mahākāla
• महाकालः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-काल (प्रातिपदिक; महा + काल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — name

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/क्रमबोधक) — ‘then/next’

• भैरवः: Bhairava
• भैरवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — name

• मृत्युंजयः: Mṛtyuṃjaya (Conqueror of death)
• मृत्युंजयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु-जय (प्रातिपदिक; मृत्यु + जय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — name

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमबोधक)

• कामेशः: Kāmeśa (Lord of desire)
• कामेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; काम + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — name

• योगेशः: Yogeśa (Lord of yoga)
• योगेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; योग + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — name

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotative (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/समाप्तिबोधक) — ‘thus’

• कीर्तितः: is proclaimed
• कीर्तितः: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु) → कीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — ‘is proclaimed/has been stated’

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — ‘eleven’ (qualifying ‘रुद्राः’)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — ‘these’

• रुद्राः: Rudras
• रुद्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — ‘Rudras’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — ‘they/those’ (emphatic)

• कथिताः: have been described
• कथिताः: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — ‘have been told’

• क्रमशः: in sequence
• क्रमशः: Sambandha/Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रमशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘in order, successively’

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — address to Devī

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somanātha-ādi liṅga-cakra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional catalogue of Rudra-forms—Tryambaka, Ghora, Mahākāla, Bhairava, Mṛtyuṃjaya, Kāmeśa, Yogeśa—evoked as radiant presences around the Prabhāsa shore-temples, suggesting a mandala of liṅgas.

Characters & Entities

• Tryambaka
• Ghoranāman
• Mahākāla
• Bhairava
• Mṛtyuṃjaya
• Kāmeśa
• Yogeśa
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is invoked as protector, yogic master, and conqueror of death—showing devotion as a path to fearlessness and inner discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya these Rudra-forms are enumerated and revered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is described; the verse provides a canonical sequence of names for praise and recollection.