Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

नीललोहित समीहितार्थ दहे द्व्येकलोचन विरूपलोचन । व्योमकेशपशुपाशनाशन त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

Transliteration

nīlalohita samīhitārtha dahe dvyekalocana virūpalocana | vyomakeśapaśupāśanāśana tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada

Translation

O Nīlalohita, fulfiller of cherished aims; O Dahana, the Burning One; O Lord of two eyes and the single Eye, O wondrous-eyed One; O Vyomakeśa, destroyer of Paśu’s noose that binds beings—I bow to You, granter of the desired wishes of those who bow.

Word by Word

• नीललोहित: O blue-and-red one (Nīlalohita)
• नीललोहित: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील-लोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• समीहितार्थ: O one whose purpose is well-intended / O fulfiller of desired aims
• समीहितार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-ईहित-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समीहित(√ईह क्त) + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• दहे: O burner
• दहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; नामरूपेण—'दह' (burner)

• द्व्येकलोचन: O one with two (and) one eye (three-eyed)
• द्व्येकलोचन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-एक-लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• विरूपलोचन: O strange-/varied-eyed one
• विरूपलोचन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूप-लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• व्योमकेशपशुपाशनाशन: O destroyer of the noose of the bound beings; sky-haired one (epithet)
• व्योमकेशपशुपाशनाशन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योम-केश-पशु-पाश-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; व्योम + केश + पशु + पाश + नाशन(√नश्/√नाश))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नतः: bowed
• नतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √नम् (धातु) (क्त)
• Form: क्तान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'अहम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• नतवाञ्छितप्रद: O giver of desired (boons) to the bowed
• नतवाञ्छितप्रद: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नत-वाञ्छित-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (Ravi)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Paśupāśanāśana aspect)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya praises Śiva as Nīlalohita and Dahana, with wondrous eyes (two-and-one, virūpa); Śiva’s hair is like the sky (Vyomakeśa), and the noose of bound beings is shown breaking apart.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Paśu (bound beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva destroys the bonds (pāśa) that bind the soul (paśu), fulfilling righteous aims and leading toward freedom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s celebration of Śiva’s liberating power in Kāśī, the city famed for mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is devotion through nāma-stuti (praising Śiva by names) and surrender (namaskāra).