Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ये त्वां स्तुवंति सततं दिवितान्स्तुवंति सिद्धाप्सरोमरगणा लसदब्जपाणे । विश्राणयत्यखिलसिद्धिदकोविना त्वां निर्वाणचारुकमलां कमलायताक्ष

Transliteration

ye tvāṃ stuvaṃti satataṃ divitānstuvaṃti siddhāpsaromaragaṇā lasadabjapāṇe | viśrāṇayatyakhilasiddhidakovinā tvāṃ nirvāṇacārukamalāṃ kamalāyatākṣa

Translation

Ceux qui Te louent sans cesse sont loués au ciel par les cohortes éclatantes des Siddhas, des Apsaras et des êtres divins—ô Toi dont la main porte le lotus resplendissant. Car qui, hormis Toi, peut dispenser toutes les réussites et offrir le beau lotus du nirvāṇa, ô Seigneur aux yeux de lotus ?

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; relative pronoun

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Second person pronoun, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• stuvanti: praise
• stuvanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• satatam: always, constantly
• satatam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb

• divitān: the heavenly ones (denizens of heaven)
• divitān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; used as object with implied verb (stuvanti)

• stuvanti: praise
• stuvanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• siddha-apsaras-umara-gaṇāḥ: the groups of Siddhas, Apsarases, and (U)mara-groups
• siddha-apsaras-umara-gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक) + apsaras (प्रातिपदिक) + umara (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; dvandva listing groups

• lasat-abja-pāṇe: O you with a shining lotus in (your) hand
• lasat-abja-pāṇe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lasat (कृदन्त, √las) + abja (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; संबोधन to the deity; compound = ‘one whose hand (pāṇi) has a shining lotus (lasad-abja)’

• viśrāṇayati: bestows, grants
• viśrāṇayati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viśrāṇ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• akhila-siddhi-daḥ: the giver of all accomplishments
• akhila-siddhi-daḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; bahuvrīhi-like sense but formed as tatpuruṣa ‘giver (daḥ) of all (akhila) siddhis’

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vinā: without
• vinā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), preposition-like indeclinable; governs accusative

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• nirvāṇa-cāru-kamalām: the beautiful lotus of liberation (nirvāṇa)
• nirvāṇa-cāru-kamalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of ‘viśrāṇayati’; compound = ‘the beautiful lotus(-like) (kamalā) of nirvāṇa’

• kamala-āyata-akṣa: O lotus-long-eyed one
• kamala-āyata-akṣa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक) + āyata (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; karmadhāraya ‘eyes (akṣa) long (āyata) like lotuses (kamala)’

Speaker

Agnibindu (the ascetic), praising Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant lotus-eyed Viṣṇu stands or sits in serene majesty, holding a shining lotus; around Him hover Siddhas, Apsarases, and divine hosts who themselves praise the devotees that praise Viṣṇu; the devotee’s hymn appears as a luminous garland leading to a lotus of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Siddhas
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (stuti) to Viṣṇu is presented as the direct means to both worldly attainments (siddhi) and the supreme goal of liberation (nirvāṇa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s narrative context; the immediate shloka is a hymn to Viṣṇu rather than a direct tirtha description, but it leads into the boon connected with Pañcanada Hrada in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it emphasizes continuous praise (satata-stuti) as a devotional discipline.