Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 142

Devanagari script

नाम्नामष्टशतेनायं विश्वामित्रमहर्षिणा । प्रसन्नमूर्तिराहेदं मुनींद्रं व्रियतामिति

Transliteration

nāmnāmaṣṭaśatenāyaṃ viśvāmitramaharṣiṇā | prasannamūrtirāhedaṃ munīṃdraṃ vriyatāmiti

Translation

പ്രസന്നമൂർത്തിയായ ഭഗവാൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഈ അഷ്ടശതനാമസ്തോത്രം മഹർഷി വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ രചിച്ചതാണ്; ഈ മുനീന്ദ്രനെ സ്വീകരിച്ച് ആദരിക്കട്ടെ.”

Word by Word

• नाम्नाम्: of names
• नाम्नाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; नाम (neut. gen. pl.)

• अष्टशतेन: with (by) eight hundred
• अष्टशतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (अष्टशतम्) तृतीया-एकवचन (instrumental)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (masc. nom. sg.)

• विश्वामित्रमहर्षिणा: by the great sage Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रमहर्षिणा: Karana/Agent-instrument (करण/कर्तृ-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (विश्वामित्रः महर्षिः) (masc. instr. sg.)

• प्रसन्नमूर्तिः: the gracious form (one with a pleased form)
• प्रसन्नमूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक; √सद् (धातु) + प्र- उपसर्ग, क्त) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (प्रसन्ना मूर्तिः) (fem. nom. sg.)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√ब्रू (धातु; आह इति परोक्षभूत-रूपम्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. perfect)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neut. acc. sg.)

• मुनीन्द्रम्: the lord of sages
• मुनीन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां इन्द्रः) (masc. acc. sg.)

• व्रियताम्: let (him/it) be chosen
• व्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: 'let ... be chosen')

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotation marker (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kaumārikākhaṇḍa context; narrative voice likely Sūta reporting)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munīndra-gaṇa (assembly of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord appears ‘prasanna-mūrti’ (pleased form) addressing the sages, acknowledging Viśvāmitra’s composition of the eight hundred names and requesting the sage be honored/accepted.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine praise (nāma-stuti) is affirmed as an authorized path when composed by realized sages and accepted by the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the authority and sanctity of Skanda’s nāma-stotra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, recitation/acceptance of the eight-hundred-name hymn (nāma-stotra) as a devotional practice.