Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

भूर्भुवाय नमस्तुभ्यं रामज्येष्ठाय वै नमः । नमस्ते भद्रकालाय कलिरूपाय वै नमः

Transliteration

bhūrbhuvāya namastubhyaṃ rāmajyeṣṭhāya vai namaḥ | namaste bhadrakālāya kalirūpāya vai namaḥ

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ในฐานะภูรภุวะ และขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ในฐานะรามชเยษฐะ ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ในฐานะภัทรกาลา และขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้เป็นรูปแห่งกาลี คือกาลเวลา

Word by Word

• भूर्भुवाय: to (the lord of) Bhū and Bhuvaḥ
• भूर्भुवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूर्भुव (प्रातिपदिक; भूः + भुवः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (समाहार/एकवचन-प्रयोग)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• रामज्येष्ठाय: to the elder of Rāma
• रामज्येष्ठाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; राम + ज्येष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ज्येष्ठः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), एव-अर्थे (emphatic)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (enclitic)

• भद्रकालाय: to Bhadrakālī
• भद्रकालाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रकाला (प्रातिपदिक; भद्र + काला)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; देवी-नाम

• कलिरूपाय: to the one whose form is Kali
• कलिरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिरूप (प्रातिपदिक; कलि + रूप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कलिस्य रूपम्)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), एव-अर्थे

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (continuing the Śaiva stotra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra Śaiva-stuti sequence

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suvrata/anagha addressed in the surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composite iconography: Śiva as cosmic pillar spanning earth and mid-world, with a fierce Bhadrakāla aspect at the periphery; a wheel of time behind; devotee saluting at a river ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūrbhuva (epithet)
• Rāmajyeṣṭha (epithet)
• Bhadrakāla
• Kāli/Kāli-rūpa (as Time/age form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord encompasses worlds and time itself; recognizing Him as Kāla grants spiritual steadiness beyond change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is primarily a stotra to Śiva within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative rather than a direct place-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of divine names and salutations (namas) as worship.