Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

पिप्पलादो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः । नमस्ते क्रोधसंस्थाय पिंगलाय नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

pippalādo dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ | namaste krodhasaṃsthāya piṃgalāya namo'stu te

Translation

毗波罗陀说道：“噢，最胜的二生者！”他一再顶礼：“礼敬汝，安住于忿怒者；礼敬汝，赭金之色者。”

Word by Word

• पिप्पलादः: Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated
• प्रणिपत्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having bowed down)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (reduplication for emphasis)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (used as salutation)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th) वा चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे (to you)

• क्रोधसंस्थाय: to the one established in wrath
• क्रोधसंस्थाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधसंस्था (प्रातिपदिक; क्रोध + संस्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the deity addressed)

• पिङ्गलाय: to Piṅgala
• पिङ्गलाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नमोऽस्तु इति प्रयोगः

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

Speaker

Pippalāda (explicit by name; uttering the stuti)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Pippalāda, hands folded and repeatedly bowing, offers salutations to a tawny-hued, wrathful deity-form of Śanaiścara; the atmosphere is austere, with a sense of controlled dread turning into devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Bhāskara (Sūrya; implied by epithets such as piṃgala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when divine power appears wrathful, reverent surrender and truthful praise begin the path to grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it functions as a devotional hymn within the chapter’s tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated prostration (praṇipāta) and salutations (namaskāra) as part of Bhāskara-stuti.