Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

नमस्ते व्यालभूषाय कक्षापटधराय च । नमोंऽधकविनाशाय दक्षपापापहारिणे । कामनिर्द्दाहिने तुभ्यं त्रिपुरारे नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

namaste vyālabhūṣāya kakṣāpaṭadharāya ca | namoṃ'dhakavināśāya dakṣapāpāpahāriṇe | kāmanirddāhine tubhyaṃ tripurāre namo'stu te

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้ประดับด้วยนาค และผู้คาดผ้าคาดเอวไว้ข้างกาย ขอนอบน้อมแด่ผู้ทำลายอันธกะ ผู้ขจัดบาปของทักษะ แด่พระองค์ผู้เผากามเทพให้เป็นเถ้า โอ้ตรีปุราริ ขอความเคารพสักการะแด่พระองค์

Word by Word

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

• te: to you/your
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘to you/your’ (enclitic)

• vyāla-bhūṣāya: to the one adorned with serpents
• vyāla-bhūṣāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāla (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘vyālaiḥ bhūṣā yasya’ (one whose ornament is serpents)

• kakṣā-paṭa-dharāya: to the cloth-wearer at the side (kakṣā)
• kakṣā-paṭa-dharāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kakṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘kakṣāyāṃ paṭaṃ dharati’ (wearing a cloth in the armpit/at the side)

• ca: and
• ca: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

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

• andhaka-vināśāya: to the destroyer of Andhaka
• andhaka-vināśāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhaka (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘andhakasya vināśaḥ’ (destroyer of Andhaka)

• dakṣa-pāpa-apahāriṇe: to the remover of Dakṣa’s sin
• dakṣa-pāpa-apahāriṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + apahārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘dakṣasya pāpaṃ apaharati’ (remover of Dakṣa’s sin)

• kāma-nirdāhine: to the burner of Kāma
• kāma-nirdāhine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + nirdāhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘kāmaṃ nirdahati’ (burner of Kāma)

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘to you’

• tripura-are: O enemy of Tripura
• tripura-are: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — ‘tripurasya ariḥ’ (enemy of Tripura)

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

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘let it be’

• te: for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of you/for you’ (enclitic)

Speaker

Dharma-rāja (Yama) (deduced from immediate narrative context of praise addressed to Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (recipient of praise)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma-rāja offers folded-hands praise to Śiva: the Lord stands ash-smeared, serpent-adorned, with a sash across his side; behind him are symbolic vignettes—Kāma reduced to ash, Tripura’s three cities aflame, Andhaka subdued, and Dakṣa’s yajña disrupted then restored.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śaṃbhu/Tripurāri)
• Andhaka
• Dakṣa
• Kāma (Manmatha)
• Tripura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) of Śiva, recalling his cosmic acts, is presented as a purifying and dharma-supporting practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Dharmāraṇya (a sacred forest-region) within the Brāhma Khaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is reverential praise and salutations to Śiva.