Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

तुष्टावाष्टतनुं तुष्टः प्रफु ल्ल नयनांचलः । मौलावंजलिमाधाय वदञ्जयजयेति च

Transliteration

tuṣṭāvāṣṭatanuṃ tuṣṭaḥ praphu lla nayanāṃcalaḥ | maulāvaṃjalimādhāya vadañjayajayeti ca

Translation

Transporté de joie, il loua le Seigneur aux Huit Formes (Aṣṭatanu Śiva). Les yeux débordants d’allégresse, il porta ses paumes jointes au sommet de la tête et s’écria : « Victoire, victoire ! »

Word by Word

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अष्टतनुम्: the eight-formed (Śiva)
• अष्टतनुम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-तत्पुरुषार्थः (अष्टौ तनवः यस्य/अष्टतनुः; here object: अष्टतनुम्)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) used adjectivally

• प्रफुल्लः: fully blossomed/bright
• प्रफुल्लः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-फुल्ल (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• नयनाञ्चलः: the corner of the eye/eyelid-edge
• नयनाञ्चलः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Appositional descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन (प्रातिपदिक) + अञ्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नयनस्य अञ्चलः)

• मौलौ: on the head
• मौलौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अञ्जलिम्: folded hands (añjali)
• अञ्जलिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: धा (to place) with prefix आ

• वदन्: saying
• वदन्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Concurrent action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (while speaking)

• जय: be victorious
• जय: Kriya (Uttered imperative/blessing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जय: be victorious
• जय: Kriya (Repeated blessing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narration; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Śiva-liṅga sannidhi)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhārgava, eyes bright with devotion, places folded hands upon his head in reverence and sings ‘Jaya, jaya’ while praising Śiva as the Eight-Formed Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Aṣṭatanu/Aṣṭamūrti)
• Bhārgava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude and praise (stuti) are natural responses to grace; devotion expresses itself through reverence (añjali) and celebratory acclaim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred realm; the verse emphasizes Śiva’s universal presence (Aṣṭamūrti) within the Kāśī Māhātmya atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Añjali and stuti—offering respectful salutations and hymns to Śiva (especially as Aṣṭamūrti).