Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्य उवाच । नमः शिवाय शांताय सर्वज्ञाय शुभात्मने । जगदानंदकंदाय परमानंदहेतवे

Transliteration

jaigīṣavya uvāca | namaḥ śivāya śāṃtāya sarvajñāya śubhātmane | jagadānaṃdakaṃdāya paramānaṃdahetave

Translation

ജൈഗീഷവ്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ശാന്തനായ, സർവജ്ഞനായ, ശുഭാത്മാവായ ശിവനു നമസ്കാരം; ജഗദാനന്ദത്തിന്റെ മൂലവും പരമാനന്ദത്തിന്റെ കാരണവും അവൻ തന്നേ।

Word by Word

• जैगीषव्यः: Jaigīṣavya
• जैगीषव्यः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जैगीषव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha/Prayojana (Salutation formula)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable-like interjection ‘salutation’)

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• शान्ताय: to the peaceful one
• शान्ताय: Sampradāna-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (सम्-शम् धातु, क्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; विशेषण (of शिव)

• सर्वज्ञाय: to the omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञाय: Sampradāna-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय): सर्वः ज्ञः = सर्वज्ञः (omniscient)

• शुभात्मने: to the auspicious-souled one
• शुभात्मने: Sampradāna-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय): शुभः आत्मा यस्य

• जगत्-आनन्द-कन्दाय: to the source of the world’s bliss
• जगत्-आनन्द-कन्दाय: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष): जगतः आनन्दस्य कन्दः (source/root of the world’s bliss)

• परम-आनन्द-हेतवे: to the cause of supreme bliss
• परम-आनन्द-हेतवे: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष): परमस्य आनन्दस्य हेतुः

Speaker

Jaigīṣavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close devotional tableau: Jaigīṣavya with folded hands recites ‘namaḥ śivāya’ style salutations; Śiva’s face is tranquil, radiating peace; the atmosphere feels like stillness turning into bliss.

Characters & Entities

• Jaigīṣavya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is presented as peace itself and as the ultimate source of joy; devotion aligns the seeker with that supreme bliss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the praise implicitly glorifies Kāśī as the field where Śiva bestows paramānanda and liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional formula of salutation (namaḥ) and praise; it supports japa and stotra-style worship of “Namaḥ Śivāya.”