Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

दीर्घाय दीर्घदीर्घाय दीर्घार्घाय महाय च । नमो जगत्प्रतिष्ठाय व्योमरूपाय वै नमः

Transliteration

dīrghāya dīrghadīrghāya dīrghārghāya mahāya ca | namo jagatpratiṣṭhāya vyomarūpāya vai namaḥ

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่ผู้ยาวไกล และยาวไกลไม่สิ้นสุด ผู้มีอานุภาพกว้างใหญ่และยิ่งใหญ่ ขอนอบน้อมแด่รากฐานแห่งจักรวาล แด่ผู้มีรูปเป็นเวหาหาเขตมิได้

Word by Word

• दीर्घाय: to the long/extended one
• दीर्घाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• दीर्घदीर्घाय: to the very long one
• दीर्घदीर्घाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घदीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ + दीर्घ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-समास/कर्मधारय (अतिदीर्घ)

• दीर्घार्घाय: to the one of great worth (lit. long value)
• दीर्घार्घाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घार्घ (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ + अर्घ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (दीर्घः अर्घः/मूल्यं यस्य)

• महाय: to the great one
• महाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘नमो’ इति रूपेण संधिः

• जगत्प्रतिष्ठाय: to the foundation of the world
• जगत्प्रतिष्ठाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + प्रतिष्ठा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः प्रतिष्ठा)

• व्योमरूपाय: to the one whose form is the sky
• व्योमरूपाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमरूप (प्रातिपदिक; व्योमन् + रूप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (व्योम्नः रूपम्/व्योमरूपः)

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

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tiny Kedāra temple beneath an immense star-filled sky; Śiva’s subtle form merges with the firmament, suggesting infinite length and reach; the universe rests upon a luminous axis centered on the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is the cosmic ground of all existence—vast like space—so devotion rests the mind in the Infinite rather than the finite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedārakhaṇḍa, the praise supports the Mahatmya of Kedāra and its surrounding Himalayan tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it functions as a stotra suitable for recitation while worshipping Śiva at a tīrtha.