Shloka 42 - Adhyaya 28 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । उदीर्य सूर्यस्य सुतोतिभक्त्या नमः शिवायेति समुच्चरन्सः । इलामिलन्मौलिरतीव हृष्टः सहस्रकृत्वः प्रणनाम शंभुम्

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | udīrya sūryasya sutotibhaktyā namaḥ śivāyeti samuccaransaḥ | ilāmilanmauliratīva hṛṣṭaḥ sahasrakṛtvaḥ praṇanāma śaṃbhum

Translation

Skanda nói: Bấy giờ, con của Sūrya tràn đầy lòng bhakti, liên tiếp xưng tụng ‘Namaḥ Śivāya’. Đầu cúi sát đất, hoan hỷ vô cùng, người ấy đảnh lễ Śambhu đến một ngàn lần.

Word by Word

स्कन्दःSkanda

उवाचsaid

उदीर्यhaving uttered/raised

सूर्यस्यof the Sun

सुत-उक्ति-भक्त्याwith devotion to the son's utterance (i.e., the son's hymn)

नमःsalutation

शिवायto Śiva

इतिthus

समुच्चरन्uttering aloud

सःhe

इलामिलन्shaking/moving

मौलिःhead/crown

अतीवvery

हृष्टःdelighted

सहस्रकृत्वःa thousand times

प्रणनामbowed

शम्भुम्Śambhu (Śiva)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) Śiva-sannidhi

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda narrates as the Sun’s son performs ecstatic ‘Namaḥ Śivāya’ japa, repeatedly bowing until his crown touches the earth before Śambhu’s shrine.

Characters & Entities

Skanda

Śiva (Śambhu)

Sūrya

Sūrya’s son (contextually Yama/Dharmarāja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense devotion expressed through nāma-japa and repeated prostration becomes a direct means to Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī’s sacred landscape), though this verse spotlights mantra-japa rather than a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the pañcākṣarī mantra ‘Namaḥ Śivāya’ and repeated praṇāma (bowing/prostration).