Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

नमस्ते देवदेवेशि प्रपन्नभयहारिणि । अंबिके वरदे देवि गृहाणार्घ्यं शिवप्रिये

Transliteration

namaste devadeveśi prapannabhayahāriṇi | aṃbike varade devi gṛhāṇārghyaṃ śivapriye

Translation

سلامٌ لكِ يا سيدةَ إلهِ الآلهة، يا مُزيلةَ خوفِ من يلجأ إليكِ. يا أمبيكا، يا واهبةَ النِّعَم، يا ديفي حبيبةَ شيفا، تقبَّلي هذا الأَرغْيَا.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उद्गार), नमस्कारार्थक

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

• देवदेवेशि: O goddess, ruler of the god of gods
• देवदेवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईशिन्/ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः (देवानां देवस्य ईशिनी/ईशि)

• प्रपन्नभयहारिणि: O remover of the fear of the surrendered
• प्रपन्नभयहारिणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + हारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः (प्रपन्नानां भयम् हरति इति)

• अंबिके: O Ambikā
• अंबिके: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• वरदे: O boon-giver
• वरदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; वरं ददाति इति

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• गृहाण: accept
• गृहाण: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अर्घ्यम्: offering (arghya)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शिवप्रिये: O beloved of Śiva
• शिवप्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य प्रिया)

Speaker

Worshipper (mantra-prayoga during ārghya offering)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ambikā, radiant and maternal, receives arghya; her gesture grants abhaya to the surrendered devotee; Śiva’s presence is implied as ‘Śiva-priyā’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Ambikā/Pārvatī)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī protects the surrendered; her boon-giving nature is invoked through reverent offering and heartfelt refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred geography is named; the verse is a general Devī-pūjā utterance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya to Devī while reciting her epithets—Devadeveśī, fear-remover of the surrendered, Ambikā, Varadā, Śiva-priyā.