Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

नमोस्तु ते वामदेवाय ज्येष्ठरुद्राय कालाय कलाविकारिणे । बलंकरायापि बलप्रमाथिने भूतानि हंत्रे च मनोन्मनाय

Transliteration

namostu te vāmadevāya jyeṣṭharudrāya kālāya kalāvikāriṇe | balaṃkarāyāpi balapramāthine bhūtāni haṃtre ca manonmanāya

Translation

ବାମଦେବ ରୂପେ, ଜ୍ୟେଷ୍ଠ-ରୁଦ୍ର ରୂପେ, କାଳ ରୂପେ—କଳାମାନଙ୍କୁ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ କରୁଥିବା ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ନମସ୍କାର। ବଳଦାତା ଓ ସମସ୍ତ ବଳକୁ ଦମନ କରୁଥିବା, ଦୁଷ୍ଟ ଭୂତମାନଙ୍କ ସଂହାରକ, ଏବଂ ମନକୁ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରିଥିବା ‘ମନୋନ୍ମନା’ ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଣାମ।

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (salutation particle)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th case/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• vāmadevāya: to Vāmadeva
• vāmadevāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāma (वाम-प्रातिपदिक) + deva (देव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• jyeṣṭharudrāya: to Jyeṣṭha-Rudra
• jyeṣṭharudrāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ-प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (रुद्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• kālāya: to Kāla (Time/Death)
• kālāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (काल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• kalāvikāriṇe: to the transformer of kalās
• kalāvikāriṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (कला-प्रातिपदिक) + vikārin (विकारिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• balaṃkarāya: to the maker of strength
• balaṃkarāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (बल-प्रातिपदिक) + ṃkara (ंकर/कर-प्रातिपदिक; ‘maker’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• balapramāthine: to the destroyer of strength
• balapramāthine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (बल-प्रातिपदिक) + pramāthin (प्रमाथिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• bhūtāni: beings
• bhūtāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/कर्म), बहुवचन

• haṃtre: to the slayer
• haṃtre: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hantr (हन्त्र्-प्रातिपदिक; √han)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• manonmanāya: to Manonmanā (beyond mind)
• manonmanāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (मनस्-प्रातिपदिक) + unmanā (उन्मना-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-नामरूपे (देवतानाम), चतुर्थी, एकवचन

Speaker

A dvija devotee (as implied by the immediate narrative context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composite iconography: Śiva as Vāmadeva (gentle, beautiful) on one side and as Kāla (dark, time-bearing) on the other; a haloed stillness above labeled Manonmanā, indicating transcendence beyond thought.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmadeva
• Rudra
• Kāla
• Manonmanā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is both the source of power and the tamer of power; He rules time and also grants the yogic transcendence that surpasses the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is specified; the verse is primarily a nāma-stuti (praise through epithets).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is devotional recitation through salutations (namaḥ) to multiple divine aspects.