Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

नमस्ते देव देवाय महादेवाय शंभवे । नमस्त्रिमूर्तिरूपाय सर्गस्थित्यंतकारिणे

Transliteration

namaste deva devāya mahādevāya śaṃbhave | namastrimūrtirūpāya sargasthityaṃtakāriṇe

Translation

ဒေဝတို့၏ ဒေဝတော် မဟာဒေဝ ရှမ္ဘုတော်၊ သင့်အား နမස්ကာရပါ၏။ တြိမူရတိရုပ်ဖြစ်၍ ဖန်ဆင်းခြင်း၊ ထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်းနှင့် ပျက်သိမ်းခြင်းကို ဆောင်ရွက်တော်မူသော သင့်အား နမස්ကာရပါ၏။

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक (salutation particle), प्रायः चतुर्थी-संबन्धेन प्रयोगः

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

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• देवाय: to the god
• देवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महादेवाय: to Mahādeva (the great god)
• महादेवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• शम्भवे: to Śambhu
• शम्भवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक (salutation particle)

• त्रिमूर्तिरूपाय: to the one whose form is the Trimūrti
• त्रिमूर्तिरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्रिमूर्तेः रूपम् यस्य/whose form is the Trimūrti)

• सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारिणे: to the doer of creation, maintenance, and dissolution
• सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (सर्ग-स्थिति-अन्त) + तत्पुरुष (तेषां कारिन्)

Speaker

Rājā (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva as a central figure with subtle triadic symbolism: Brahmā emerging (creation), Viṣṇu sustaining (preservation), Rudra dissolving (dissolution) as emanations or halos around Śiva; devotees offering namaskāra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu, Mahādeva)
• Trimūrti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is honored as the supreme divinity who encompasses the cosmic functions of creation, sustenance, and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a universal salutation to Mahādeva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice implied is namaskāra and stotra—reverential salutations and recitation of divine epithets.