Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

मीनाय मीननाथाय सिद्धाय परमेष्ठिने । कामांतकाय बुद्धाय बुद्धीनां पतये नमः

Transliteration

mīnāya mīnanāthāya siddhāya parameṣṭhine | kāmāṃtakāya buddhāya buddhīnāṃ pataye namaḥ

Translation

मीनरूप, मीनांचा नाथ, सिद्ध व परमेष्ठी—तुला नमस्कार। कामांतक, बुद्धस्वरूप, आणि सर्व बुद्धींचा स्वामी—तुला नमस्कार।

Word by Word

• मीनाय: to the fish (as an epithet)
• मीनाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• मीननाथाय: to the lord of fishes
• मीननाथाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मीननाथ (प्रातिपदिक; मीन + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मीनानां नाथः)

• सिद्धाय: to the accomplished/perfected one
• सिद्धाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √सिध् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त

• परमेष्ठिने: to Parameṣṭhin (the supreme one)
• परमेष्ठिने: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त शब्द

• कामांतकाय: to the destroyer of Kāma
• कामांतकाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामान्तक (प्रातिपदिक; काम + अन्तक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कामस्य अन्तकः)

• बुद्धाय: to the awakened/wise one
• बुद्धाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √बुध् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त

• बुद्धीनाम्: of intellects
• बुद्धीनाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva seated in deep meditation above a mountain stream; Kāma’s flower-arrow dissolves into ash; a luminous halo at the brow symbolizes buddhi; subtle fish motif (mīna) appears in the water as ‘lord of fishes’ epithet.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmāntaka
• Parameṣṭhin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva governs wisdom and mastery over desire; devotion to Him supports clarity of intellect and inner restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra, in the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s prescribed praise of Rudra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reciting salutations with Śiva’s epithets, including Kāmāntaka and ‘Lord of intellects,’ as part of the hundred-name praise.