Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । ॐ नमो मूलप्रकृतये अजिताय महात्मने । अनावृताय देवाय निःस्पृहाय नमोनमः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | oṃ namo mūlaprakṛtaye ajitāya mahātmane | anāvṛtāya devāya niḥspṛhāya namonamaḥ

Translation

Wika ng mga rishi: “Oṃ—pagpupugay sa Ugat na Kalikasan, sa Di-Magagapi, sa Dakilang Kaluluwa; pagpupugay, pagpupugay nang paulit-ulit sa Deva na walang tabing at walang pagnanasa.”

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Sambodhana/Invocation (आह्वान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: प्रणव-स्वरः (sacred syllable), अव्यय

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya/Salutation (नमस्कार-क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (used as salutation)

• मूलप्रकृतये: to the root-nature (primordial prakṛti)
• मूलप्रकृतये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल + प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अजिताय: to the unconquered
• अजिताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनावृताय: to the unobscured/uncovered
• अनावृताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनावृत (प्रातिपदिक; न-आवृत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• निःस्पृहाय: to the desireless
• निःस्पृहाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःस्पृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya/Salutation (नमस्कार-क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्त-नमस्कार (repeated salutation)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya/Salutation (नमस्कार-क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara (directly present)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages with folded hands chant ‘Oṃ namo…’ before the manifested Śiva; the atmosphere is still, with Śiva’s calm gaze, suggesting desireless transcendence; subtle cosmic motifs (seed, root, veil lifted) appear in the aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (addressed)
• Oṃ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest divinity is the primal ground of being—unconquered, unobscured, and beyond craving—worthy of repeated surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the sages’ stotra becomes part of the site’s living praise-tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra/japa style worship through repeated namaskāra (namo namaḥ), anchored in Oṃ.