Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सत्यलोकाधिनाथस्य चतुरास्यस्य वेधसः । इत्यानंदात्समुद्भूतो वाष्पपूरो महेशितुः

Transliteration

satyalokādhināthasya caturāsyasya vedhasaḥ | ityānaṃdātsamudbhūto vāṣpapūro maheśituḥ

Translation

सत्यलोक के अधिनाथ, चतुर्मुख वेधस् (ब्रह्मा) के दर्शन से महेश्वर के हृदय में आनंद उमड़ा और अश्रुओं की धारा फूट पड़ी।

Word by Word

• सत्यलोकाधिनाथस्य: of the lord of Satyaloka
• सत्यलोकाधिनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यलोक-अधिनाथ (प्रातिपदिक; सत्यलोक + अधिनाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• चतुरास्यस्य: of the four-faced one
• चतुरास्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुरास्य (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + आस्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• वेधसः: of the Creator (Vedhas/Brahmā)
• वेधसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निदर्शन-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आनन्दात्: from joy
• आनन्दात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समुद्भूतः: arisen
• समुद्भूतः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाष्पपूरः: a flood of tears
• वाष्पपूरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाष्पपूर (प्रातिपदिक; वाष्प + पूर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महेशितुः: of the Great Lord (Śiva)
• महेशितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशितृ (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईशितृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (continuing explanation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva, even as a child-form implied by surrounding verses, beholds four-faced Brahmā, ruler of Satyaloka; from joy, tears stream like a luminous flood.

Characters & Entities

• Satyaloka
• Brahmā (Caturāsya, Vedhas)
• Śiva (Maheśa/Maheśitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine emotion is portrayed as blissful compassion and wonder; tears here signify ānanda (spiritual fullness), not weakness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is cosmological within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.