Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यस्तस्य पुरतो भक्त्या नीलरुद्रा न्सदा जपेत् । प्राणरुद्रान्विशेषेण भवरुद्रसमन्वितान्

Transliteration

yastasya purato bhaktyā nīlarudrā nsadā japet | prāṇarudrānviśeṣeṇa bhavarudrasamanvitān

Translation

جو کوئی ان کے حضور بھکتی کے ساتھ ہمیشہ نیل رُدراؤں کے منتر جپے—خصوصاً پران رُدراؤں کو، اور بھَو رُدر کے ساتھ—وہ مقررہ فائدہ پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (यत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• tasya: of that (deity)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• purataḥ: in front (of)
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (पुरतस्)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• nīla-rudrān: the blue Rudras
• nīla-rudrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla (नील) + rudra (रुद्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (नीलाः रुद्राः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (सदा)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• japet: should mutter/recite
• japet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (जप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• prāṇa-rudrān: Prāṇa-Rudras
• prāṇa-rudrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्राण) + rudra (रुद्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्राण-सम्बन्धिनः रुद्राः)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (विशेष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental used adverbially)

• bhava-rudra-samanvitān: accompanied by Bhava-Rudra(s)
• bhava-rudra-samanvitān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhava (भव) + rudra (रुद्र) + samanvita (समन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (भवरुद्रैः समन्वितान्)

Speaker

Pippalāda (contextual attribution within this māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits in padmāsana before the liṅga, counting a rudrākṣa mālā; around the liṅga appear subtle blue-hued Rudra aspects (Nīla-Rudras) as a protective circle; breath is depicted as luminous streams (Prāṇa-Rudras).

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Nīla-Rudra
• Prāṇa-Rudra
• Bhava-Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional japa of Rudra-forms in the deity’s presence is upheld as a direct means to protection and spiritual purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine/field of the presiding deity in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra associated with Kaṃsāreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily japa of Nīla-Rudras—especially Prāṇa-Rudras with Bhava-Rudra—performed before the deity.