Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

विश्वसंलयने मुख्या या रुद्रेण समाश्रिता । रौद्री शक्तिः शिवानन्ता पातु मां कनकेश्वरी

Transliteration

viśvasaṃlayane mukhyā yā rudreṇa samāśritā | raudrī śaktiḥ śivānantā pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī

Translation

لتَحْمِني كانَكيشْفَرِي—هي التي عند فناءِ الكون تكونُ الأولى، مقيمةً مع رودرا؛ هي القوّةُ الراؤدرية Raudrī، مباركةٌ لا نهايةَ لها كشيڤا.

Word by Word

• viśva-saṃlayane: at the dissolution of the universe
• viśva-saṃlayane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva + saṃlayana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संलयन-शब्दः), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य संलयनम्)

• mukhyā: chief
• mukhyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• yā: who (she who)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rudreṇa: with Rudra
• rudreṇa: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• samāśritā: having taken refuge in/associated with
• samāśritā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘समाश्रिता’ = आश्रितवती

• raudrī: fierce, Rudra-like
• raudrī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (रुद्रसम्बन्धिनी/रुद्रस्वरूपा)

• śaktiḥ: power
• śaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śivānantā: auspicious and endless
• śivānantā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śivā + anantā (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (शिवा च सा अनन्ता च)

• pātu: may (she) protect
• pātu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• kanakeśvarī: Kanakeśvarī
• kanakeśvarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanaka + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Garuḍa (stuti/prayer, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakeśvarī-sthāna (Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī Kanakeśvarī as Raudrī stands with blazing aura beside Rudra; cosmic dissolution shown as waves of fire and wind, yet her face remains auspicious; devotees seek refuge at a riverside shrine as the universe dissolves into light.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Kanakeśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same Goddess who nurtures the world also presides over dissolution, revealing Śakti as the total power behind creation, preservation, and pralaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape, where devotion to Kanakeśvarī is presented as spiritually protective.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it is a protective praise emphasizing the Goddess’s pralaya-aspect.