Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

नमः कृष्णाय शर्वाय त्रिपुरांतक हारिणे । अघोराय नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते पुरुषाय ते

Transliteration

namaḥ kṛṣṇāya śarvāya tripurāṃtaka hāriṇe | aghorāya namaste'stu namaste puruṣāya te

Translation

اے سیاہ فام پروردگار، شَروَ، تریپورانتک (تریپور کے ہلاک کرنے والے)! آپ کو نمسکار۔ اَگھور کو سلام؛ اے پرم پُرُش، آپ کو نمسکار۔

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (salutatory particle)

• कृष्णाय: to Kṛṣṇa (the dark one)
• कृष्णाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• शर्वाय: to Śarva
• शर्वाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• त्रिपुरांतक: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• त्रिपुरांतक: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + पुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (सम्बोधन/विशेषणार्थे); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः = ‘त्रिपुर का संहारक’)

• हारिणे: to the remover/destroyer
• हारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; -इन्-प्रातिपदिक

• अघोराय: to Aghora
• अघोराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय; संधौ ‘नमः + ते’ इति

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

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/विधिलिङ्-आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय; संधौ ‘नमः + ते’ इति

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

• पुरुषाय: to the Person (Puruṣa)
• पुरुषाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

Speaker

Unspecified (stotra voice within Tīrthamāhātmya narration; attributed to the hymn-reciter in the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripurāntaka Śiva poised with bow, the three aerial cities (Tripura) in the distance dissolving into light; yet Śiva’s face remains calm—Aghora—while a devotee bows, recognizing the Supreme Puruṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śarva
• Tripurāntaka
• Aghora
• Puruṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva removes the ‘three cities’ of bondage and is worshipped as both awe-inspiring power and benevolent Aghora.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya; this verse alone does not identify the site by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it is a salutation formula for stotra/japa during pilgrimage.