Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणनमस्कारैः पूजनीयः सदाशिवः । नाम्नां शतेन रुद्रोऽसौ स्तवनीयो यताविधि

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇanamaskāraiḥ pūjanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ | nāmnāṃ śatena rudro'sau stavanīyo yatāvidhi

Translation

प्रदक्षिणा व नमस्कारांनी सदाशिवाची पूजा करावी; आणि त्या रुद्राचे विधिपूर्वक शतनामांनी स्तवन करावे।

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणनमस्कारैः: with circumambulations and salutations
• प्रदक्षिणनमस्कारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• पूजनीयः: worthy to be worshipped
• पूजनीयः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + अनीय (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (अनीय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — gerundive; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम्नाम्: of names
• नाम्नाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Neuter, Genitive (6th), Plural

• शतेन: with a hundred (names)
• शतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• असौ: that (one), he
• असौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तवनीयः: to be praised
• स्तवनीयः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + अनीय (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (अनीय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — gerundive; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय — adverb ‘as/according to’

• विधि: rule/procedure
• विधि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः) — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used adverbially with यथा

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotee-audience/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands before the liṅga, after many pradakṣiṇās, chanting Rudra’s hundred names while lamps and incense frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship unites action (parikrama, prostration) with speech (hymns and divine names) in a rule-guided devotional life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra, the pilgrimage landscape of the Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship through pradakṣiṇā and namaskāra, plus recitation of a hundred names of Rudra according to proper procedure.