Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अनेन मंगलागौरीं स्तुत्वा मंगलमाप्स्यति । चतुःषष्ट्यष्टकं स्तोत्रं मंगलाष्टकमेव च

Transliteration

anena maṃgalāgaurīṃ stutvā maṃgalamāpsyati | catuḥṣaṣṭyaṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ maṃgalāṣṭakameva ca

Translation

以此赞颂吉祥女神曼伽罗·高丽（Maṅgalāgaurī），便能获得吉祥。此颂为“六十四名八颂”（catuḥṣaṣṭy-aṣṭaka），确然即是《吉祥八颂》（Maṅgalāṣṭaka）。

Word by Word

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

• maṃgalāgaurīm: Maṅgalā-Gaurī
• maṃgalāgaurīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgalā + gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘मङ्गला च सा गौरी’

• stutvā: having praised
• stutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund)

• maṃgalam: auspiciousness; blessing
• maṃgalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• catuḥṣaṣṭi-aṣṭakam: the sixty-four-octet (hymn set)
• catuḥṣaṣṭi-aṣṭakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuḥṣaṣṭi (संख्या) + aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (64 + octet)

• stotram: hymn
• stotram: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• maṃgalāṣṭakam: Maṅgalāṣṭaka
• maṃgalāṣṭakam: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgala + aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• eva: indeed; only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalāgaurī (Kāśī context)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotees/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The hymn is presented like a sacred diagram: 64 names as petals around an eight-verse core; Maṅgalāgaurī stands at the center blessing devotees with symbols of auspiciousness (kalasha, lamp, turmeric, vermilion).

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalāgaurī
• Maṅgalāṣṭaka
• Sixty-four Names

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is attained through structured praise—devotional recitation anchored in divine Names is presented as spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Maṅgalāgaurī hymn tradition in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of the Maṅgalāṣṭaka / catuḥṣaṣṭy-aṣṭaka stotra in praise of Maṅgalāgaurī to obtain maṅgala (auspicious results).