Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

ओंनमो भर्गाय देवाय नीलकंठाय मीढुषे । त्रिनेत्राय त्रिवेदाय लोकत्रितयधारिणे

Transliteration

oṃnamo bhargāya devāya nīlakaṃṭhāya mīḍhuṣe | trinetrāya trivedāya lokatritayadhāriṇe

Translation

โอม ขอนอบน้อมแด่เทวะผู้รุ่งเรือง; แด่พระนีลกัณฐะผู้คอสีครามผู้ประทานพร; แด่ผู้มีสามเนตร; แด่เจ้าแห่งพระเวททั้งสาม; แด่ผู้ทรงค้ำจุนสามโลก

Word by Word

• ॐ: Om
• ॐ: Sambodhana/Invocation (आह्वान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गल/प्रणव-शब्दः (auspicious syllable), अव्यय

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/Act of salutation (प्रणाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/प्रणामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of salutation); सामान्यतः चतुर्थी-योग्य (governs dative)

• भर्गाय: to Bharga (radiant one)
• भर्गाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• देवाय: to the god
• देवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नीलकंठाय: to the blue-throated one
• नीलकंठाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (नीलः कण्ठः यस्य)

• मीढुषे: to the bountiful one
• मीढुषे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मीढुष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ऋग्वैदिक-प्रयोगः (epithet)

• त्रिनेत्राय: to the three-eyed one
• त्रिनेत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रीणि नेत्राणि यस्य)

• त्रिवेदाय: to the lord of the three Vedas
• त्रिवेदाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रयो वेदाः यस्य/त्रिवेद-सम्बद्धः)

• लोकत्रितयधारिणे: to the bearer of the three worlds
• लोकत्रितयधारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रितय (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकानां त्रितयं धारयति इति)

Speaker

Devas and Ṛṣis offering stuti (hymn) to Śiva (deduced from v.55)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (standard Purāṇic audience frame; specific interlocutors not explicit in the given verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (or a deva-assembly) offers folded-hands stuti to a radiant Śiva with blue throat, three eyes, and a serene yet world-supporting presence; Himalayan backdrop with Kedāra peaks and a liṅga-shrine aura.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃ
• Bharga
• Nīlakaṇṭha
• Trinetra
• Triveda
• Three worlds

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva’s epithets (names) is itself a form of worship that awakens devotion and invokes protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a universal Śiva-stuti; within Kedārakhaṇḍa it supports the Kedāra-centered praise of Maheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantric salutation (namaḥ) and stotra-style recitation of Śiva’s names are implied as the act of worship.