Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

यदि जातुचिदंधकद्विषस्तवनामौष्ठपुटाद्विनिःसृतम् । शिवशंकर चंद्रशेखरेत्यसकृत्तस्य न संसृतिः पुनः

Transliteration

yadi jātucidaṃdhakadviṣastavanāmauṣṭhapuṭādviniḥsṛtam | śivaśaṃkara caṃdraśekharetyasakṛttasya na saṃsṛtiḥ punaḥ

Translation

जर कधी अंधकद्वेषी तुझे नाम कोणाच्या ओठांतून निघाले, आणि तो वारंवार ‘शिव, शंकर, चंद्रशेखर’ असे म्हणू लागला, तर त्याला पुन्हा संसारात परतावे लागत नाही।

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Avyaya (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (Conditional particle)

• जातु: ever
• जातु: Avyaya (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/सम्भावना-अव्यय (ever/at any time)

• चित्: at all
• चित्: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (Enclitic particle: 'even/at all')

• अंधकद्विषः: of the slayer/enemy of Andhaka (Śiva)
• अंधकद्विषः: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंधक (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विष् (धातु) + क्विप्/प्रातिपदिक (द्विष्-शब्द)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive Tatpurusha: 'enemy of Andhaka'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• औष्ठपुटात्: from the lips/mouth
• औष्ठपुटात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + पुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुष (Determinative: 'lip-cavity/mouth'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विनिःसृतम्: uttered/issued forth
• विनिःसृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निः-सृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• शिवशंकरचंद्रशेखर: (the names) Śiva, Śaṅkara, Candraśekhara
• शिवशंकरचंद्रशेखर: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक) + चंद्रशेखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः द्वन्द्व (Copulative: names in coordination), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular) (समाहार-एकवचन as a collective name-string)

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (Quotative particle)

• असकृत्: repeatedly
• असकृत्: Avyaya (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्ति-अव्यय (Adverb: repeatedly)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (Negation particle)

• संसृतिः: rebirth/worldly wandering
• संसृतिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Avyaya (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (Adverb: again)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (universalized nāma-mahātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (direct address) and the audience within Kāśī narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close-up of lips releasing luminous syllables 'Śiva, Śaṅkara, Candraśekhara' as golden-white letters; behind, a wheel of saṃsāra breaks; in a faint background, Śiva as Andhakadviṣ (slayer of Andhaka) stands triumphant, moon on his matted hair.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Andhaka
• Śaṅkara
• Candraśekhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated utterance of Śiva’s Names is presented as a direct means to end saṃsāra (rebirth).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within Kāśī-khaṇḍa, reinforcing Kāśī as the foremost field for Śiva-bhakti and liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa is explicitly implied by repeating the Names ‘Śiva, Śaṅkara, Candraśekhara’.