Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

नमः शिवाय शुद्धाय सर्वगायाऽमृताय च । कपर्द्दिने नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तस्मै त्रिमूर्त्तये

Transliteration

namaḥ śivāya śuddhāya sarvagāyā'mṛtāya ca | kaparddine namastubhyaṃ namastasmai trimūrttaye

Translation

礼敬湿婆——清净者、遍一切者、不死甘露者。礼敬于汝，迦波尔丁；礼敬于彼一者，三相一体之三神（Trimūrti）。

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation act)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थक निपातवत् प्रयोगः

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (to whom salutation is offered)

• शुद्धाय: to the pure one
• शुद्धाय: Sampradana (Recipient qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शिवाय)

• सर्वगाय: to the all-pervading one
• सर्वगाय: Sampradana (Recipient qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शिवाय)

• अमृताय: to the immortal one
• अमृताय: Sampradana (Recipient qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शिवाय)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कपर्द्दिने: to Kapardin (the matted-haired one)
• कपर्द्दिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation act)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थक

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

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation act)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थक

• तस्मै: to that one
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान

• त्रिमूर्त्तये: to the three-formed one (Trimūrti)
• त्रिमूर्त्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः मूर्तयः यस्य/त्रिमूर्तिः)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (uttering a stotra after liṅga-darśana; narrated by Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers añjali before a radiant Śiva-liṅga; Śiva appears as pure light, with matted locks (kapardin), subtly showing the Trimūrti principle (Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Rudra) emerging from one effulgence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kapardin
• Trimūrti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is praised as purity itself and as the all-pervading immortal reality; devotion naturally expresses itself as namaskāra (reverent surrender).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-region liṅga manifestation site is implicitly glorified, where Vasiṣṭha offers this hymn after darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra/namaskāra—recitation of salutations to Śiva (including the devotional formula ‘namaḥ śivāya’).