Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नारायणासुररिपो कृष्ण शौरे चतुर्भुज । देवकीहृदयानंद यशोदानंदवर्धन

Transliteration

nārāyaṇāsuraripo kṛṣṇa śaure caturbhuja | devakīhṛdayānaṃda yaśodānaṃdavardhana

Translation

ああナーラーヤナ、阿修羅の敵よ。ああクリシュナ、シューラの裔、四臂の主よ——あなたはデーヴァキーの心の歓び、ヤショーダーの喜悦を増し給う御方。

Word by Word

• नारायण: O Nārāyaṇa
• नारायण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• असुररिपो: O enemy of the asuras
• असुररिपो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर-रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (असुराणां रिपुः)

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• शौरे: O Śauri (descendant of Śūra)
• शौरे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• चतुर्भुज: O four-armed one
• चतुर्भुज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्-भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-समासः (चत्वारः भुजाः यस्य)

• देवकीहृदयानन्द: O joy of Devakī’s heart
• देवकीहृदयानन्द: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकी-हृदय-आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवक्याः हृदयस्य आनन्दः)

• यशोदानन्दवर्धन: O increaser of Yaśodā’s joy
• यशोदानन्दवर्धन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशोदा-आनन्द-वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यशोदायाः आनन्दस्य वर्धनः)

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced from Adhyāya context continuing into v.41)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seeker audience within Kāśī-mahātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers flowers and water while chanting Kṛṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa epithets; behind, the luminous form alternates between four-armed Nārāyaṇa and child Kṛṣṇa remembered by Devakī and Yaśodā.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Kṛṣṇa
• Devakī
• Yaśodā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti is strengthened by remembering the Lord through His names and loving relationships, seeing Him as the refuge who destroys demonic forces within and without.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where stuti and nāma-smaraṇa are presented as especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is commanded here; the implied practice is nāma-japa/stuti—praising and reciting the Lord’s names.