Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एतत्स्तोत्रद्वयं जप्यं त्यक्त्वा स्तोत्राण्यनेकशः । प्रपंच आवयोरेव सर्व एष चराचरः

Transliteration

etatstotradvayaṃ japyaṃ tyaktvā stotrāṇyanekaśaḥ | prapaṃca āvayoreva sarva eṣa carācaraḥ

Translation

അനവധി സ്തോത്രങ്ങൾ വിട്ട് ഈ സ്തോത്രദ്വയം തന്നെ ജപിക്കേണ്ടതാണ്; കാരണം ഈ സർവ്വ ചരാചര ലോകവും സത്യത്തിൽ ആ ഇരുവരുടെയും (ദൈവതത്ത്വങ്ങളുടെ) പ്രപഞ്ചരൂപ പ്രകടനമാണ്.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun) used adjectivally

• stotra-dvayam: this pair of hymns
• stotra-dvayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (dvayaṃ stotram)

• japyam: to be recited
• japyam: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jap (धातु) + -ya (कृत्, यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृत्य (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालनिर्देशक (having abandoned)

• stotrāṇi: hymns
• stotrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• anekaśaḥ: in many ways / repeatedly
• anekaśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anekaśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• prapañcaḥ: the manifested world / expansion
• prapañcaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• āvayoḥ: of us two
• āvayoḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvām (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन

• eva: indeed / only
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• sarvaḥ: entire
• sarvaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eṣa (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• cara-acaraḥ: moving and unmoving
• cara-acaraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (itaretara: moving and non-moving) used adjectivally

Speaker

Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī recites a paired hymn before a liṅga, while the universe of moving and unmoving beings is subtly shown as emanating from a divine dual principle.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion to the highest object is superior to scattered religiosity; the divine pervades all existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kāśī Khaṇḍa stotra context, though no specific tirtha is named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prioritize chanting this stotra-dvaya over many other hymns.