Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

नाम्नामष्टसहस्रेण स्तुत्वाऽसौ हिम वान्गिरिः

Transliteration

nāmnāmaṣṭasahasreṇa stutvā'sau hima vāngiriḥ

Translation

Darauf pries Himavān — der erhabene Herr der Berge — (die Gottheit) mit einer Litanei von achttausend Namen.

Word by Word

• nāmnām: of (divine) names
• nāmnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; 'of names'

• aṣṭasahasreṇa: with eight thousand (names)
• aṣṭasahasreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: 'eight-thousand' (by an eight-thousand [set])

• stutvā: having praised
• stutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √stu (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); 'having praised'

• asau: that (he)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (deictic)

• hima-vān: snow-clad
• hima-vān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'snowy' (epithet)

• giriḥ: the mountain (Himavān)
• giriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'mountain' (Himavān)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavān, personified as a majestic mountain-king, stands in devotion, offering an eight-thousand-name hymn to the Goddess; the landscape suggests a sacred coastal kṣetra yet mythically linked to the Himalayan father of Pārvatī.

Characters & Entities

• Himavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extensive praise through divine names is a potent form of devotion and reverence in sacred narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, where such stuti accompanies revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti via an aṣṭasahasra-nāma (eight-thousand-name) recitation is implied.