Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

सद्योजाताय तुभ्यं भो वामदेवाय ते नमः । ईशानाय नमस्तुभ्यं पंचास्याय कपालिने

Transliteration

sadyojātāya tubhyaṃ bho vāmadevāya te namaḥ | īśānāya namastubhyaṃ paṃcāsyāya kapāline

Translation

Wahai Tuhan, salam sujud kepada-Mu sebagai Sadyojāta; salam sujud kepada-Mu sebagai Vāmadeva. Salam sujud kepada-Mu sebagai Īśāna—wahai Yang bermuka lima, pemegang tengkorak (kapālin).

Word by Word

• सद्योजाताय: to Sadyojāta
• सद्योजाताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्यः + जात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सद्यः जातः = ‘तत्क्षणं जातः’)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• वामदेवाय: to Vāmadeva
• वामदेवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (वामः देवः)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (enclitic)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (salutatory particle)

• ईशानाय: to Īśāna
• ईशानाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय; संधौ ‘नमः + तुभ्यम्’ इति

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• पंचास्याय: to the five-faced one
• पंचास्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः (पञ्च आस्यानि यस्य = ‘पञ्चमुख’)

• कपालिने: to the skull-bearer
• कपालिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; -इन्-प्रातिपदिक

Speaker

Unspecified (stotra voice within Tīrthamāhātmya narration; attributed to the hymn-reciter in the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a Śiva shrine offers water and bilva leaves while the five-faced Śiva appears in subtle radiance—Sadyojāta (east), Vāmadeva (north), Īśāna (upward), with the kapālin emblem suggesting ascetic power.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sadyojāta
• Vāmadeva
• Īśāna
• Pañcāsya
• Kapālin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The One Lord is approached through multiple sacred aspects (pañcabrahma), uniting theology, mantra, and pilgrimage devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the site-name is not contained in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it strongly suits pañcabrahma-based japa and Śiva-arcana at a sacred place.