Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

शंभो शिवशिवाकांत शांतश्री कंठशूलभृत् । शशिशेखरशर्वेश शंकरेश्वर धूर्जटे

Transliteration

śaṃbho śivaśivākāṃta śāṃtaśrī kaṃṭhaśūlabhṛt | śaśiśekharaśarveśa śaṃkareśvara dhūrjaṭe

Translation

హే శంభో! హే శివ, శివాకాంతా! హే శాంతశ్రీ! హే కంఠశూలభృత్! హే శశిశేఖరా, సర్వేశా! హే శంకరేశ్వరా, హే ధూర్జటే!

Word by Word

• śaṃbho: O Śambhu
• śaṃbho: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• śivaśivākāṃta: O beloved of Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivaśivākāṃta: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + śivā + kānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः: शिवा-कान्त (beloved of Śivā/Umā) with उपपद-पूर्वक (śivaśivā- as intensifying/dual reference)

• śāṃtaśrīḥ: (you whose) splendor is tranquil
• śāṃtaśrīḥ: Sambodhana (Appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānta + śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: शान्ता श्रीः यस्य/या (peaceful splendor)

• kaṃṭhaśūlabhṛt: bearer of the trident
• kaṃṭhaśūlabhṛt: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃṭha + śūla + bhṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः: कण्ठ-शूल-भृत् (bearing a trident at/near the neck; 'bhṛt' = भृ-धातोः कृत्)

• śaśiśekharaśarveśa: O moon-crested, lord of all
• śaśiśekharaśarveśa: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśiśekhara + sarveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/समाहार: (हे) शशिशेखर (moon-crested) (हे) सर्वेश (lord of all)

• śaṃkareśvara: O Śaṅkara, O Lord
• śaṃkareśvara: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: शंकर एव ईश्वरः (Śaṅkara who is Lord)

• dhūrjaṭe: O Dhūrjaṭi
• dhūrjaṭe: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūrjaṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Budha (continuing stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful roll-call of Śiva’s names: Śambhu, Śiva, beloved of Śivā, serene-glorious, trident-bearing, moon-crested, lord of all, Śaṅkara, Īśvara, Dhūrjaṭi—suggesting a multi-aspect icon around the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Śivā (Pārvatī)
• Śaśiśekhara
• Dhūrjaṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Śiva through his divine names and attributes is itself a form of worship that intensifies devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the narrative setting; the stotra supports Kāśī’s Śaiva identity where Śiva is praised as the supreme Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Name-recitation and praise (nāma-stuti) are implied as devotional practice.