Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु सर्वरुद्रेभ्यो दिशमूर्ध्वं समाश्रिताः । रक्षंति सकलांल्लोकान्भूतार्नां जंभकाद्भयात्

Transliteration

namo'stu sarvarudrebhyo diśamūrdhvaṃ samāśritāḥ | rakṣaṃti sakalāṃllokānbhūtārnāṃ jaṃbhakādbhayāt

Translation

အထက်အရပ်၌ အာရုံစိုက်တည်နေသော ရုဒ္ဒရတို့အားလုံးအား နမောရှိပါစေ။ သူတို့သည် ဘူတအစုအဝေးတို့၏ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်အန္တရာယ်နှင့် ဂျမ္ဘကမှလည်း လောကအားလုံးကို ကာကွယ်ကြ၏။

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/interjection of salutation)

• astu: let it be / may there be
• astu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• sarva-rudrebhyaḥ: to all Rudras
• sarva-rudrebhyaḥ: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + rudra (रुद्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/चतुर्थी? (here: चतुर्थी दत्तिव/beneficiary), बहुवचन; रूपम्: रुद्रेभ्यः (Dat./Abl. pl.), अर्थतः दत्तिव (to)

• diśam: direction
• diśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (दिश्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• ūrdhvam: upwards
• ūrdhvam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (ऊर्ध्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• samāśritāḥ: having resorted to / dwelling in
• samāśritāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-śri (सम्+आ+श्रि धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘rudrāḥ’ understood)

• rakṣanti: they protect
• rakṣanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ (रक्ष् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• sakalān: all
• sakalān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (सकल) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘lokān’)

• lokān: worlds / beings
• lokān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (लोक) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन

• bhūtānām: of beings/spirits
• bhūtānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (भूत) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (collective sense), षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन

• jaṃbhakāt: from Jambhaka
• jaṃbhakāt: Apadana (अपादान/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃbhaka (जम्भक) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन

• bhayāt: from fear / due to fear
• bhayāt: Hetu/Cause (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (भय) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; हेतु-अर्थे (in sense of cause: ‘out of fear of’)

Speaker

Tāpasas (ascetics)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudras stationed at the zenith, forming a canopy of protection; below, swirling masses of bhūtas are held at bay; a personified ‘Jaṃbhaka’ threat is shown as a dark, sharp-toothed figure repelled by a trident’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Rudras
• Bhūtas
• Jaṃbhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Invoking Rudra is portrayed as a shield against unseen terrors and disruptive forces, restoring dharmic safety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s tīrtha-context frames this as a protective stuti connected to pilgrimage merit; the verse itself does not name the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Protective invocation through namaskāra/stuti to Rudras.