Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89
जय नीलकंठ वरवृषभगमन जय सकललोकदुरितानुशमन । जय सिद्धसुरासुरविनतचरण जय रुद्र रौद्रभवजलधितरण
jaya nīlakaṃṭha varavṛṣabhagamana jaya sakalalokaduritānuśamana | jaya siddhasurāsuravinatacaraṇa jaya rudra raudrabhavajaladhitaraṇa
जय नीलकंठा, श्रेष्ठ वृषभावर आरूढ; जय, जो सर्व लोकांचे पाप-दुःख शमवितो. जय, ज्यांच्या चरणांशी सिद्ध, देव व असुर नतमस्तक; जय रुद्रा, जो भयानक भवसागरातून पार नेतो.
Bāṇa
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee at the Narmadā bank offers añjali while Śiva as Nīlakaṇṭha appears with Vṛṣabha, surrounded by siddhas and devas bowing; the river glows like a path across the ocean of becoming.
FAQs
Śiva is the liberator who removes sin and ferries devotees across saṃsāra (the ocean of becoming).
No specific tirtha is named; the verse is a general Śaiva mokṣa-oriented praise.
None directly; the verse supports nāma-kīrtana and stotra as purifying practices.