Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

पिनाकपाणे गिरिश शितिकंठ सदाशिव । महादेव नमस्तुभ्यं देवदेव नमोस्तु ते

Transliteration

pinākapāṇe giriśa śitikaṃṭha sadāśiva | mahādeva namastubhyaṃ devadeva namostu te

Translation

Wahai pemegang busur Pināka, wahai Girīśa, wahai Sadāśiva berleher biru; wahai Mahādeva, sembah sujud bagimu; wahai Dewa para dewa, hormat suci bagimu.

Word by Word

• पिनाकपाणे: O bearer of the Pināka bow
• पिनाकपाणे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिनाकस्य पाणिः यस्य सः) — Vocative singular masculine

• गिरिश: O lord of the mountains
• गिरिश: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गिरिणाम् ईशः) — Vocative singular masculine

• शितिकंठ: O blue-throated one
• शितिकंठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिति + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मधारयः (शितः कण्ठः यस्य) — Vocative singular masculine

• सदाशिव: O ever-auspicious Śiva
• सदाशिव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मधारयः (सदा शिवः) — Vocative singular masculine

• महादेव: O great god
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः) — Vocative singular masculine

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation expression)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उपपद-प्रयोगः); ‘नमः’ इति नमस्कारार्थकं — Indeclinable particle meaning salutation

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Dative singular ‘to you’

• देवदेव: O god of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मधारयः (देवानां देवः) — Vocative singular masculine

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation expression)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात); नमस्कारार्थकं — Indeclinable salutation

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्ग-सदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — Imperative/benedictive sense: ‘let it be’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन (एन्क्लिटिक ‘ते’); सर्वनाम — Dative singular ‘to you’

Speaker

Budha (continuing stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers folded-hands salutations to Śiva, visualized as blue-throated Sadāśiva holding the Pināka bow, with the aura of Mount Kailāsa transposed into the sacred city atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pināka
• Giriśa
• Nīlakaṇṭha (Śitikaṇṭha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion deepens through contemplation of Śiva’s cosmic deeds and symbols (Pināka, blue throat), affirming him as Devadeva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is contextually in view; the hymn situates Śiva as the supreme deity worshipped in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a stotra for recitation.