Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

महादेवाय सोमाय अमृताय नमोऽस्तु ते । उग्राय यजमानाय नमस्ते कर्मयोगिने

Transliteration

mahādevāya somāya amṛtāya namo'stu te | ugrāya yajamānāya namaste karmayogine

Translation

Kính lễ Ngài, Mahādeva—Soma—chính là cam lộ bất tử. Đảnh lễ Ngài, Ugra đáng sợ, Đấng chủ tế hiến lễ, bậc hợp nhất với con đường Karma-yoga (hành nghiệp thánh).

Word by Word

• महादेवाय: to Mahādeva
• महादेवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

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

• अमृताय: to the immortal one
• अमृताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग)
• Form: निपातवत् अव्ययप्रयोग (salutation)

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

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

• उग्राय: to the fierce one
• उग्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• यजमानाय: to the sacrificer, worshipper
• यजमानाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present participial noun from √यज्)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग)
• Form: निपातवत् अव्ययप्रयोग (salutation)

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

• कर्मयोगिने: to the practitioner of karma-yoga
• कर्मयोगिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कर्मणि योगः यस्य/कर्मयोगः)

Speaker

A Pāṇḍava (embedded devotee) praising Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Mahādeva with crescent moon and soma-lustre, simultaneously revealing an Ugra aspect; a yajña-altar motif behind him, indicating he is the inner sacrificer; amṛta-like radiance flowing from his presence.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Soma
• Amṛta
• Ugra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is praised as both sweetness (Soma/amṛta) and awe (Ugra), and as the inner power of yajña and dutiful action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn is anchored in the Mahī-nagara liṅga context within the chapter’s Prabhāsa-oriented sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña-oriented devotion is implied through the epithet “yajamāna,” affirming karma (ritual/duty) as a mode of Śiva-worship.