Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

सदाशिवशिवेत्येवं विह्वलो वक्ति यो मुहुः । धन्योऽमीदृशी यस्य भक्तिस्त्वयि महेश्वरे

Transliteration

sadāśivaśivetyevaṃ vihvalo vakti yo muhuḥ | dhanyo'mīdṛśī yasya bhaktistvayi maheśvare

Translation

「サダーシヴァ！ シヴァ！」と、恍惚として幾度も幾度も唱える者——おおマヘーシュヴァラよ、あなたにかくも深い信愛（バクティ）を捧げる者は、まことに福徳ある者である。

Word by Word

• सदाशिवशिव: (the names) Sadāśiva and Śiva
• सदाशिवशिव: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-समाहार (नाम-समुच्चय); द्वन्द्वः—सदाशिवः च शिवः च (उक्त्यर्थे)

• इति: thus; ‘…’ (quoting)
• इति: Vakyopanyasa (Quotation marker/वाक्योपन्यास)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-निर्देशक (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• विह्वलः: overwhelmed; agitated
• विह्वलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• वक्ति: says
• वक्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• धन्यः: blessed; fortunate
• धन्यः: Pratijna-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• अमीदृशी: such (of this kind)
• अमीदृशी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमीदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; ‘such (as this)’

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• त्वयि: in you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महेश्वरे: in Mahēśvara (Great Lord)
• महेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; समासः—महा + ईश्वर (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग)

Speaker

Devī

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-gaṇa, trembling with emotion, repeatedly cries ‘Sadāśiva! Śiva!’; Devī declares such devotion supremely blessed.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant remembrance of Śiva’s name is portrayed as the mark of blessed devotion, capable of overwhelming the heart with divine love.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular sacred site is named; the verse glorifies nāma-smaraṇa (repetition of Śiva’s names).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa is implied—repeating “Sadāśiva, Śiva”—though not laid down as a formal injunction.