Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

जय मेचककण्ठधराय नमो जय सूक्ष्मनिरञ्जनशब्द नमः । जय आदिरनादिरनन्त नमो जय शङ्कर किंकरमीश भज

Transliteration

jaya mecakakaṇṭhadharāya namo jaya sūkṣmanirañjanaśabda namaḥ | jaya ādiranādirananta namo jaya śaṅkara kiṃkaramīśa bhaja

Translation

ชัยแด่พระผู้ทรงคอสีเข้ม ขอนอบน้อม; ชัยแด่พระผู้ละเอียดและบริสุทธิ์ไร้มลทิน ผู้เป็นที่รู้ได้ด้วยศัพทศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ขอนอบน้อม. ชัยแด่พระองค์ผู้เป็นปฐม แต่ไร้จุดเริ่มและไร้ที่สุด ขอนอบน้อม; ชัยแด่ศังกระ โอ้พระอีศะ โปรดรับข้าเป็นผู้รับใช้ ข้าขอบูชาแด่พระองค์.

Word by Word

• jaya: hail
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय, जय-उद्गारः

• mecaka-kaṇṭha-dharāya: to the bearer of the dark-blue throat
• mecaka-kaṇṭha-dharāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mecaka (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Dative singular); तत्पुरुषसमासः (मेचकः कण्ठः यस्य सः धरा/धरः)

• namo: obeisance
• namo: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमः-प्रयोगः

• jaya: hail
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय, जय-उद्गारः

• sūkṣma-nirañjana-śabda: O subtle, stainless sound (word)
• sūkṣma-nirañjana-śabda: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक) + nirañjana (प्रातिपदिक) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular); कर्मधारयसमासः (सूक्ष्मः निरञ्जनः शब्दः)

• namaḥ: obeisance
• namaḥ: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमः-प्रयोगः

• jaya: hail
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय, जय-उद्गारः

• ādiḥ: O first (origin)
• ādiḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• anādiḥ: O beginningless one
• anādiḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• ananta: O endless one
• ananta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• namo: obeisance
• namo: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमः-प्रयोगः

• jaya: hail
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय, जय-उद्गारः

• śaṅkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṅkara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• kiṃkara: servant
• kiṃkara: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); कर्तृवाचकः (servant)

• mīśa: O Lord
• mīśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular); म्-आगमः/प्रयोगभेदः (īśa with enclitic m-)

• bhaja: worship; adore
• bhaja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Soma (continuing praise to Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The hymn shifts from heroic epithets to intimate surrender: Śiva as Nīlakaṇṭha, stainless subtle lord known by sacred sound, the beginningless-endless first principle; the devotee asks to be accepted as Śaṅkara’s servant.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Nīlakaṇṭha (dark/blue-throated Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion culminates in śaraṇāgati—offering oneself as the Lord’s servant while praising his limitless nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-centered setting that leads into the establishment of a wish-fulfilling liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional worship (bhajana) and surrender (kinkara-bhāva) are expressed rather than a formal ritual.