Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
नमोऽस्तु वै त्रिपुरप्रहर्त्रे महात्मने तारकमर्दनाय । नमोऽस्तु ते क्षीरसमुद्र दायिने शिशोर्मुनीन्द्रस्य समाहितस्य
namo'stu vai tripuraprahartre mahātmane tārakamardanāya | namo'stu te kṣīrasamudra dāyine śiśormunīndrasya samāhitasya
त्रिपुराचा संहार करणाऱ्या, तारकाचा मर्दन करणाऱ्या महात्म्या—तुला नमस्कार असो। क्षीरसमुद्र देणाऱ्या आणि बाल-मुनींद्राला समाधीचे स्थैर्य प्रदान करणाऱ्या तुला नमस्कार।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī’s stuti strings together vivid epithets: Śiva as Tripurāntaka, as Tārakāri, as connected to the Milk Ocean, and as bestower of deep concentration upon a child-sage; the imagery alternates between cosmic battle and quiet ascetic blessing.
FAQs
Śiva is praised as the cosmic protector whose deeds restore dharma and empower sages and devotees.
Indirectly, Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the verse is part of the devotional preface to Somēśvara’s local greatness.
None; it is stuti (praise) using mythic epithets.