Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अनेन मां परिष्टुत्य नरो मद्भक्तिमाप्स्यति । अष्टकं मंगलागौर्या मंगलाष्टकसंज्ञकम्

Transliteration

anena māṃ pariṣṭutya naro madbhaktimāpsyati | aṣṭakaṃ maṃgalāgauryā maṃgalāṣṭakasaṃjñakam

Translation

ఇదితో నన్ను స్తుతించిన మనిషి నా భక్తిని పొందును. ఇది మంగళాగౌరీదేవి అష్టకం; దీనికి ‘మంగళాష్టకం’ అనే నామం ఉంది।

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• pariṣṭutya: having praised
• pariṣṭutya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु) + pari- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘स्तुत्वा’

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mat-bhaktim: devotion to me
• mat-bhaktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (asmad) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘मम भक्तिः’

• āpsyati: will obtain
• āpsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aṣṭakam: octet (hymn of eight)
• aṣṭakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• maṃgalāgauryā: by/with Maṅgalā-Gaurī
• maṃgalāgauryā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgalā + gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘मङ्गला च सा गौरी’ (epithet)

• maṃgalāṣṭaka-saṃjñakam: named ‘Maṅgalāṣṭaka’
• maṃgalāṣṭaka-saṃjñakam: Karta (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṃgala + aṣṭaka + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘मङ्गलाष्टक’ इति संज्ञा यस्य

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalāgaurī (Kāśī context)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotee/audience; hymn-users

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites the Maṅgalāṣṭaka before Maṅgalāgaurī; the goddess radiates auspicious calm, granting a garland labeled ‘bhakti’. The hymn title ‘Maṅgalāṣṭaka’ appears as a banner.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Maṅgalāgaurī
• Maṅgalāṣṭaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere stuti (praise) is itself a path to bhakti—devotion arises through repeated, focused glorification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu, linking Maṅgalāgaurī devotion to Kāśī’s liberating sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite/praise using this specific aṣṭaka—explicitly identified as Maṅgalāgaurī’s Maṅgalāṣṭaka.