Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तपोमयाय व्याप्ताय शिपिविष्टाय वै नमः । व्यालप्रियाय व्यालाय व्यालानां पतये नमः

Transliteration

tapomayāya vyāptāya śipiviṣṭāya vai namaḥ | vyālapriyāya vyālāya vyālānāṃ pataye namaḥ

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระผู้เป็นตบะอันเต็มเปี่ยม ผู้แผ่ซ่านทั่วสรรพสิ่ง ผู้ทรงนามศิปิวิษฏะ ขอนอบน้อมแด่ผู้เป็นที่รักของนาค ผู้ทรงสภาพนาค และเจ้าแห่งนาคทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• तपोमयाय: to the one made of austerity
• तपोमयाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपोमय (प्रातिपदिक; तपस् + मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण—सम्बोधनार्थं नमः-योगे

• व्याप्ताय: to the all-pervading
• व्याप्ताय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप्त (प्रातिपदिक; √व्याप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• शिपिविष्टाय: to Śipiviṣṭa (an epithet)
• शिपिविष्टाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिपिविष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; शिव/विष्णु-विशेषनामरूपेण स्तुतिपदम्

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध/निपात
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); अवधान/निश्चयार्थक

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (salutation formula)

• व्यालप्रियाय: to the serpent-loving
• व्यालप्रियाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यालप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; व्याल + प्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (व्यालस्य प्रियः)

• व्यालाय: to the serpent
• व्यालाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• व्यालानाम्: of serpents
• व्यालानाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; स्तुत्यर्थे

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan Śiva-liṅga shrine in mist; Śiva envisioned as tapas incarnate, sky-pervading, adorned with coiled nāgas; devotees offer water and bilva while serpents form a protective halo.

Characters & Entities

• Śipiviṣṭa
• Rudra/Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the power of austerity and the all-pervading reality; even what seems fearsome (serpents) becomes sacred in His presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra, within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s stotra context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Name-recitation (nāma-stuti) of Rudra/Śiva as part of the prescribed praise.