Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

विष्वक्सेन नमस्तुभ्यं जगन्मय जनार्दन । त्रिविक्रमाय सत्याय नमः सत्यप्रियाय च

Transliteration

viṣvaksena namastubhyaṃ jaganmaya janārdana | trivikramāya satyāya namaḥ satyapriyāya ca

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, Viṣvaksena—o Janārdana, der das ganze Universum durchdringt. Ehrerbietung Trivikrama, der Wahrheit selbst, und Dem, der an der Wahrheit Gefallen hat.

Word by Word

• विष्वक्सेन: O Viṣvaksena
• विष्वक्सेन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्वक्सेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutatory particle)

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

• जगन्मय: O one pervading/consisting of the universe
• जगन्मय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रत्ययान्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; जगन्मय = जगत्-मय (made of the universe)

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• त्रिविक्रमाय: to Trivikrama
• त्रिविक्रमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• सत्याय: to the True one
• सत्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; स्तुत्यर्थे देवविशेषणरूपे

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• सत्यप्रियाय: to the truth-loving one
• सत्यप्रियाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सत्यप्रिय = सत्यस्य प्रियः (lover of truth)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa default dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers añjali before a radiant four-armed Viṣṇu; the deity’s aura expands to fill the cosmos, with Trivikrama’s stride suggested by a vast, stepped horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣvaksena
• Janārdana
• Trivikrama
• Satya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth (satya) and devotion expressed through salutations are presented as direct ways to align with the all-pervading Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where hymns and remembrance of the Divine are praised as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied practice is nāma-japa/stuti—reverent recitation of divine names.