Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । नमस्ते सर्वरूपाय नमस्ते वृषभध्वज । जटिलेश नमस्तुभ्यं नीलकण्ठ नमोस्तुते

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | namaste sarvarūpāya namaste vṛṣabhadhvaja | jaṭileśa namastubhyaṃ nīlakaṇṭha namostute

Translation

Pārvatī thưa: Con đảnh lễ Ngài, Đấng mang mọi hình tướng; con đảnh lễ Ngài, Vṛṣabhadhvaja, Đấng có cờ hiệu là Bò Thần. Bạch Jatileśa, Chúa tể tóc bện, con xin đảnh lễ; bạch Nīlakaṇṭha, con xin kính bái.

Word by Word

• pārvatī: Pārvatī
• pārvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘ते’ = ‘तुभ्यम्’

• sarvarūpāya: to the one of all forms
• sarvarūpāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः—सर्व + रूप (तत्पुरुष: सर्वाणि रूपाणि यस्य)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक अव्यय

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

• vṛṣabhadhvaja: O bull-bannered one
• vṛṣabhadhvaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣabha + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—वृषभध्वज (बहुव्रीहि: वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य)

• jaṭileśa: O lord with matted hair
• jaṭileśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭila + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—जटिल + ईश (कर्मधारय)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक अव्यय

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• nīlakaṇṭha: O blue-throated one
• nīlakaṇṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla + kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—नील + कण्ठ (कर्मधारय)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक अव्यय

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

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

Speaker

Pārvatī

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādeva (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī offers a focused hymn: saluting Śiva as all-formed, bull-bannered, matted-haired, blue-throated—each epithet visually manifesting as symbolic attributes around him.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja
• Nīlakaṇṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti opens the door to higher instruction: Pārvatī invokes Śiva’s universal nature and compassionate power through his sacred names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific pilgrimage site is named; the verse functions as a devotional salutation (stotra) to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nāma-smaraṇa (remembering/reciting divine names) as praise; no explicit vrata or tīrtha-ritual is stated.