Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

कृपालवे नमस्तुभ्यं भक्तिगम्याय ते नमः । फलदात्रे च तपसां तपोरूपाय ते नमः

Transliteration

kṛpālave namastubhyaṃ bhaktigamyāya te namaḥ | phaladātre ca tapasāṃ taporūpāya te namaḥ

Translation

Verehrung Dir, dem Barmherzigen; Verehrung Dir, der durch Bhakti erreichbar ist. Verehrung Dir, dem Spender der Früchte der Askese; Verehrung Dir, dessen eigene Gestalt Tapas ist.

Word by Word

• kṛpālave: to the compassionate one
• kṛpālave: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpālu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (kṛpālu-शब्दः)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग, नमस्कारार्थक

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• bhaktigamyāya: to the one attainable by devotion
• bhaktigamyāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti + gamya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; समासः: भक्ति-गम्य (attainable through devotion); 'gamya' = गम्-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (to be reached)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी, एकवचन; here: चतुर्थी (to you)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग, नमस्कारार्थक

• phaladātre: to the giver of results
• phaladātre: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala + dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; समासः: फल-दातृ (giver of fruits/results)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• tapasām: of austerities
• tapasām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• taporūpāya: to the one whose form is tapas
• taporūpāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; समासः: तपो-रूप (whose form is austerity)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी, एकवचन; here: चतुर्थी (to you)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग, नमस्कारार्थक

Speaker

Budha (continuing stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Budha praises Śiva’s compassion and devotion-accessibility; imagery suggests ascetics’ fires and vows transmuted into light that returns as blessings from the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Budha
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace and spiritual attainment depend on bhakti; tapas bears fruit through Śiva, who embodies the power of austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-kṣetra context frames this praise, presenting Kāśī as a place where devotion quickly reaches Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is referenced; the verse emphasizes devotion and recognition of Śiva as the giver of its fruits.