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

愿礼敬归于汝，摩诃提婆（Mahādeva）——苏摩（Soma）——即是不死甘露本身。复礼敬于汝，乌格罗（Ugra）威猛可畏者，祭主行祭者，与业瑜伽之道相应的主宰。

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.