Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

नाम्नामष्टसहस्रेण स्तुत्वाऽसौ हिम वान्गिरिः

Transliteration

nāmnāmaṣṭasahasreṇa stutvā'sau hima vāngiriḥ

Translation

Alors Himavān —auguste seigneur des montagnes— loua (la Divinité) par une litanie de huit mille noms.

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.