Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां सर्वदुःखानि भक्तानां त्वं निराकुरु । त्वया नाम्नां चतुःषष्ट्या यदष्टकमुदीरितम्

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ sarvaduḥkhāni bhaktānāṃ tvaṃ nirākuru | tvayā nāmnāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā yadaṣṭakamudīritam

Translation

എല്ലാ ഭക്തന്മാരുടെയും എല്ലാ ദുഃഖങ്ങളും നീ അകറ്റുക. കൂടാതെ, അറുപത്തിനാലു നാമങ്ങളാൽ നീ ഉച്ചരിച്ച ആ അഷ്ടകം (എട്ട് ശ്ലോകങ്ങളുള്ള സ്തോത്രം)…

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• sarva-duḥkhāni: all sorrows
• sarva-duḥkhāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वाणि दुःखानि’

• bhaktānām: of devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• nirākuru: remove; dispel
• nirākuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + nis-/nir- + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• nāmnām: of names
• nāmnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• catuḥṣaṣṭyā: with sixty-four (names)
• catuḥṣaṣṭyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuḥṣaṣṭi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; संख्या (sixty-four)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object determiner/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• aṣṭakam: octet; set of eight (verses)
• aṣṭakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• udīritam: uttered; proclaimed
• udīritam: Karta (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-īr (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Maṅgalāgaurī-stotra context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya and/or the immediate narrative audience (context suggests Sūrya is being addressed across adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate divine command: ‘remove the sorrows of devotees’; a manuscript-like panel shows sixty-four names arranged around an eight-verse hymn, with devotees at Kāśī ghats praying for relief.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sūrya (implied)
• Devotees
• Sixty-four Names
• Aṣṭaka (hymn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hymns structured through divine Names are not merely praise—they become instruments of protection and relief for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī remains the implied sacred setting of the Maṅgalāgaurī stotra narrative in Kāśī Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use/recitation of the aṣṭaka tied to sixty-four Names (nāma-stuti) as a means connected with removing suffering.