Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

वैकुंठाय नमस्तुभ्यं नमो वैकुंठवासिने । विष्टरश्रवसे तुभ्यं नमो गरुडगामिने

Transliteration

vaikuṃṭhāya namastubhyaṃ namo vaikuṃṭhavāsine | viṣṭaraśravase tubhyaṃ namo garuḍagāmine

Translation

اے ویکُنٹھ، آپ کو نمسکار؛ اے ویکُنٹھ کے باسی، آپ کو نمسکار۔ اے دور تک پھیلی ہوئی شہرت والے، آپ کو نمسکار؛ اے گَرُڑ پر سوار ہونے والے، آپ کو نمسکار۔

Word by Word

• वैकुण्ठाय: to Vaikuṇṭha
• वैकुण्ठाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'to Vaikuṇṭha (Lord Viṣṇu)'

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — नमस्कारार्थकः

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'to you'

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — नमस्कारार्थकः

• वैकुण्ठवासिने: to the dweller of Vaikuṇṭha
• वैकुण्ठवासिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'to the dweller in Vaikuṇṭha'

• विष्टश्रवसे: to the widely renowned one
• विष्टश्रवसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'to him of far-spread fame' (epithet)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'to you'

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — नमस्कारार्थकः

• गरुडगामिने: to the rider of Garuḍa
• गरुडगामिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'to him who goes (rides) on Garuḍa'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaikuṇṭha (as theological destination invoked within Kāśī stuti)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu seated or standing with Lakṣmī, Garuḍa poised as mount; the background opens into a luminous Vaikuṇṭha cityscape of jeweled towers and lotuses; the Lord’s fame spreads like ripples across the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vaikuṇṭha
• Garuḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering the Lord’s abode, glory, and divine vehicle strengthens faith and directs the mind toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vaikuṇṭha is praised as the divine realm; the chapter’s sacred geography remains Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the devotional act is repeated namaskāra and praise.