Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

नमस्ते सूर्यचद्राग्निलोचनाय कपर्दिने । नमः शिवाय सोमाय मार्कंडेय भयच्छिदे

Transliteration

namaste sūryacadrāgnilocanāya kapardine | namaḥ śivāya somāya mārkaṃḍeya bhayacchide

Translation

اے وہ جس کی آنکھیں سورج، چاند اور آگ ہیں، اس جٹا دھاری رب کو نمسکار۔ شِو، سوم—مارکنڈےیہ کے خوف کو کاٹنے والے—تجھے نمسکار۔

Word by Word

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular) (प्रयोगे)

• सूर्यचन्द्राग्निलोचनाय: to him whose eyes are the sun, moon, and fire
• सूर्यचन्द्राग्निलोचनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + चन्द्र + अग्नि + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सूर्य-चन्द्र-अग्नयः लोचनानि यस्य)

• कपर्दिने: to the matted-haired one
• कपर्दिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

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

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• सोमाय: to Soma
• सोमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• मार्कण्डेयभयच्छिदे: to the remover of Mārkaṇḍeya’s fear
• मार्कण्डेयभयच्छिदे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय + भय + छिद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मार्कण्डेयस्य भयं छिनत्ति इति)

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (contextual continuity from the preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vision of Śiva with three radiant eyes—sun, moon, and fire—appears above/within the liṅga; matted locks (kapardin) and crescent (Soma) are prominent; the Mārkaṇḍeya protection theme is suggested by a subdued Yama figure at the margins.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sūrya
• Candra
• Agni
• Mārkaṇḍeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva as the all-seeing Lord (three cosmic eyes) dispels fear and grants inner protection, as in the Mārkaṇḍeya episode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra/Rāmeśvaram is the setting of this praise to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is a devotional mantra-like salutation used in pūjā and stotra recitation.