Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

नमोस्तु ते वामदेवाय ज्येष्ठरुद्राय कालाय कलाविकारिणे । बलंकरायापि बलप्रमाथिने भूतानि हंत्रे च मनोन्मनाय

Transliteration

namostu te vāmadevāya jyeṣṭharudrāya kālāya kalāvikāriṇe | balaṃkarāyāpi balapramāthine bhūtāni haṃtre ca manonmanāya

Translation

آپ کو وام دیو کے روپ میں، جیہشٹھ رُدر کے روپ میں سلام؛ آپ کو کال (زمان) کے روپ میں سلام، جو زمانے کی مقداروں کو بدلتا ہے۔ قوت بخشنے والے کو بھی سلام، اور ہر قوت کو مغلوب کرنے والے کو بھی؛ دشمن مخلوقات کے ہلاک کرنے والے کو، اور ذہن سے ماورا “منونمنا” کو سلام۔

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (salutation particle)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th case/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• vāmadevāya: to Vāmadeva
• vāmadevāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāma (वाम-प्रातिपदिक) + deva (देव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• jyeṣṭharudrāya: to Jyeṣṭha-Rudra
• jyeṣṭharudrāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ-प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (रुद्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• kālāya: to Kāla (Time/Death)
• kālāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (काल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• kalāvikāriṇe: to the transformer of kalās
• kalāvikāriṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (कला-प्रातिपदिक) + vikārin (विकारिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• balaṃkarāya: to the maker of strength
• balaṃkarāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (बल-प्रातिपदिक) + ṃkara (ंकर/कर-प्रातिपदिक; ‘maker’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• balapramāthine: to the destroyer of strength
• balapramāthine: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (बल-प्रातिपदिक) + pramāthin (प्रमाथिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• bhūtāni: beings
• bhūtāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/कर्म), बहुवचन

• haṃtre: to the slayer
• haṃtre: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hantr (हन्त्र्-प्रातिपदिक; √han)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• manonmanāya: to Manonmanā (beyond mind)
• manonmanāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (मनस्-प्रातिपदिक) + unmanā (उन्मना-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-नामरूपे (देवतानाम), चतुर्थी, एकवचन

Speaker

A dvija devotee (as implied by the immediate narrative context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composite iconography: Śiva as Vāmadeva (gentle, beautiful) on one side and as Kāla (dark, time-bearing) on the other; a haloed stillness above labeled Manonmanā, indicating transcendence beyond thought.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmadeva
• Rudra
• Kāla
• Manonmanā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is both the source of power and the tamer of power; He rules time and also grants the yogic transcendence that surpasses the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is specified; the verse is primarily a nāma-stuti (praise through epithets).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is devotional recitation through salutations (namaḥ) to multiple divine aspects.