Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
सद्योजाताय देवाय वामदेवाय वै नमः । भवे भवे नमस्तुभ्यं भक्तिगम्याय ते नमः
sadyojātāya devāya vāmadevāya vai namaḥ | bhave bhave namastubhyaṃ bhaktigamyāya te namaḥ
सद्योजात देवास नमस्कार, तसेच वामदेवासही नमस्कार। जन्मोजन्मी तुला प्रणाम; भक्तीने प्राप्त होणाऱ्या तुला नमस्कार।
Narrator (devotee offering a Śaiva stotra)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘anagha/suvrata’ addressed in adjacent verses (a virtuous listener)
Scene: A devotee/sage stands on the Narmadā bank at dawn, hands folded, invoking Sadyojāta and Vāmadeva; behind, a Śiva-liṅga shrine and flowing river with lotuses; subtle suggestion of Śiva’s five-faced radiance.
FAQs
Śiva is approachable not by status but by bhakti; devotion sustains reverence across lifetimes.
The immediate focus is Śiva’s praise within the Revā Māhātmya setting rather than a named locality.
Stuti and repeated namaskāra—devotional recitation of Śiva’s sacred names.