Shloka 42 - Adhyaya 28 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Spanish | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । उदीर्य सूर्यस्य सुतोतिभक्त्या नमः शिवायेति समुच्चरन्सः । इलामिलन्मौलिरतीव हृष्टः सहस्रकृत्वः प्रणनाम शंभुम्

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | udīrya sūryasya sutotibhaktyā namaḥ śivāyeti samuccaransaḥ | ilāmilanmauliratīva hṛṣṭaḥ sahasrakṛtvaḥ praṇanāma śaṃbhum

Translation

Skanda dijo: Entonces el hijo de Sūrya, colmado de intensa devoción, repetía una y otra vez: «Namaḥ Śivāya». Con la cabeza inclinada hasta el suelo, rebosante de gozo, se postró ante Śambhu mil veces.

Word by Word

स्कन्दःSkanda

उवाचsaid

उदीर्यhaving uttered/raised

सूर्यस्यof the Sun

सुत-उक्ति-भक्त्याwith devotion to the son's utterance (i.e., the son's hymn)

नमःsalutation

शिवायto Śiva

इतिthus

समुच्चरन्uttering aloud

सःhe

इलामिलन्shaking/moving

मौलिःhead/crown

अतीवvery

हृष्टःdelighted

सहस्रकृत्वःa thousand times

प्रणनामbowed

शम्भुम्Śambhu (Śiva)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) Śiva-sannidhi

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda narrates as the Sun’s son performs ecstatic ‘Namaḥ Śivāya’ japa, repeatedly bowing until his crown touches the earth before Śambhu’s shrine.

Characters & Entities

Skanda

Śiva (Śambhu)

Sūrya

Sūrya’s son (contextually Yama/Dharmarāja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense devotion expressed through nāma-japa and repeated prostration becomes a direct means to Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī’s sacred landscape), though this verse spotlights mantra-japa rather than a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the pañcākṣarī mantra ‘Namaḥ Śivāya’ and repeated praṇāma (bowing/prostration).