Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

शंभो शिवशिवाकांत शांतश्री कंठशूलभृत् । शशिशेखरशर्वेश शंकरेश्वर धूर्जटे

Transliteration

śaṃbho śivaśivākāṃta śāṃtaśrī kaṃṭhaśūlabhṛt | śaśiśekharaśarveśa śaṃkareśvara dhūrjaṭe

Translation

يا شَمبهو، يا المبارك المحبوب لِشِيفا؛ يا الهادئ المشرق، حاملَ الرمح الثلاثي عند عنقك؛ يا ذا الهلال على الرأس، سيّدَ الكل؛ يا شَنْكَرا، الربَّ الأعلى، يا دُورْجَطِي!

Word by Word

• śaṃbho: O Śambhu
• śaṃbho: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• śivaśivākāṃta: O beloved of Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivaśivākāṃta: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + śivā + kānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः: शिवा-कान्त (beloved of Śivā/Umā) with उपपद-पूर्वक (śivaśivā- as intensifying/dual reference)

• śāṃtaśrīḥ: (you whose) splendor is tranquil
• śāṃtaśrīḥ: Sambodhana (Appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānta + śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: शान्ता श्रीः यस्य/या (peaceful splendor)

• kaṃṭhaśūlabhṛt: bearer of the trident
• kaṃṭhaśūlabhṛt: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃṭha + śūla + bhṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः: कण्ठ-शूल-भृत् (bearing a trident at/near the neck; 'bhṛt' = भृ-धातोः कृत्)

• śaśiśekharaśarveśa: O moon-crested, lord of all
• śaśiśekharaśarveśa: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśiśekhara + sarveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/समाहार: (हे) शशिशेखर (moon-crested) (हे) सर्वेश (lord of all)

• śaṃkareśvara: O Śaṅkara, O Lord
• śaṃkareśvara: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: शंकर एव ईश्वरः (Śaṅkara who is Lord)

• dhūrjaṭe: O Dhūrjaṭi
• dhūrjaṭe: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūrjaṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Budha (continuing stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful roll-call of Śiva’s names: Śambhu, Śiva, beloved of Śivā, serene-glorious, trident-bearing, moon-crested, lord of all, Śaṅkara, Īśvara, Dhūrjaṭi—suggesting a multi-aspect icon around the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Śivā (Pārvatī)
• Śaśiśekhara
• Dhūrjaṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva through his divine names and attributes is itself a form of worship that intensifies devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the narrative setting; the stotra supports Kāśī’s Śaiva identity where Śiva is praised as the supreme Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Name-recitation and praise (nāma-stuti) are implied as devotional practice.