Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
सत्यलोकाधिनाथस्य चतुरास्यस्य वेधसः । इत्यानंदात्समुद्भूतो वाष्पपूरो महेशितुः
Transliteration
satyalokādhināthasya caturāsyasya vedhasaḥ | ityānaṃdātsamudbhūto vāṣpapūro maheśituḥ
Translation
وهكذا، من الفرح، فاض سيلٌ من الدموع من الربّ العظيم—عند رؤية الخالق ذي الوجوه الأربعة، سيّد ساتيالوكا.
Word by Word
सत्यलोकाधिनाथस्यof the lord of Satyaloka
सत्यलोकाधिनाथस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्यलोक-अधिनाथ (प्रातिपदिक; सत्यलोक + अधिनाथ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
चतुरास्यस्यof the four-faced one
चतुरास्यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुरास्य (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + आस्य)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
वेधसःof the Creator (Vedhas/Brahmā)
वेधसः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
इतिthus
इति:
Avyaya (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/निदर्शन-अव्यय (quotative particle)
आनन्दात्from joy
आनन्दात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
TypeNoun
Rootआनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)
समुद्भूतःarisen
समुद्भूतः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + उद् + भू (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
वाष्पपूरःa flood of tears
वाष्पपूरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवाष्पपूर (प्रातिपदिक; वाष्प + पूर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
महेशितुःof the Great Lord (Śiva)
महेशितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेशितृ (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईशितृ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Skanda (continuing explanation)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Agastya
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Mahādeva, even as a child-form implied by surrounding verses, beholds four-faced Brahmā, ruler of Satyaloka; from joy, tears stream like a luminous flood.
Characters & Entities
S
SatyalokaB
Brahmā (Caturāsya, Vedhas)Ś
Śiva (Maheśa/Maheśitṛ)FAQs
Divine emotion is portrayed as blissful compassion and wonder; tears here signify ānanda (spiritual fullness), not weakness.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is cosmological within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
None.