Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

स्तुत्याय स्तुतिरूपाय भक्तस्तुतिरताय च । नमस्ते श्रुतिरूपाय श्रुत्याचार प्रियाय च

Transliteration

stutyāya stutirūpāya bhaktastutiratāya ca | namaste śrutirūpāya śrutyācāra priyāya ca

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้ควรแก่การสรรเสริญ ผู้เป็นรูปแห่งคำสรรเสริญ และผู้ยินดีในบทสรรเสริญของภักตะทั้งหลาย ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้เป็นรูปแห่งศรุติ และผู้ทรงรักการประพฤติตามศรุติ

Word by Word

• स्तुत्याय: to praise (personified)/to the praiseworthy one
• स्तुत्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; स्तुत्यै इत्यर्थे (दत्त्यर्थे)

• स्तुतिरूपाय: to the one whose form is praise
• स्तुतिरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; स्तुतिरूप = स्तुतेः रूपः (whose form is praise)

• भक्तस्तुतिरताय: to the one who delights in devotees’ praise
• भक्तस्तुतिरताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; भक्त-स्तुति-रत = भक्तानां स्तुतौ रतः (delighting in devotees’ praise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• श्रुतिरूपाय: to the one whose form is Śruti
• श्रुतिरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; श्रुतिरूप = श्रुतेः रूपः (whose form is Śruti/Veda)

• श्रुत्याचारप्रियाय: to the one who loves Śruti-based conduct
• श्रुत्याचारप्रियाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; श्रुति-आचार-प्रिय = श्रुत्या विहित आचारः यस्य प्रियः (fond of conduct prescribed by Śruti)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa default dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred recitation assembly in Kāśī: brāhmaṇas chant Veda on the ghāṭa, devotees sing stotra; the deity appears as a luminous embodiment of Śruti, with syllables (oṃ) radiating like light.

Characters & Entities

• Śruti
• Bhakta
• Stuti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is perfected when praise is joined with śāstric integrity—right conduct rooted in Śruti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, implying Kāśī as the sanctified arena where bhakti and dharma are especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it commends stuti (hymn-recitation) and śrutyācāra (Veda-aligned conduct).