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

歓喜して、彼は八形の主（アシュタタヌ・シヴァ）を讃えた。喜びに潤む眼差しのまま、合掌を頭頂に捧げて叫んだ。「勝利あれ、勝利あれ！」

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).