Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जगत्पूज्या त्वमेवैका सर्वरूपधरानघे । मया यदि कृतं कर्मावद्यं देव हिताय वै

Transliteration

jagatpūjyā tvamevaikā sarvarūpadharānaghe | mayā yadi kṛtaṃ karmāvadyaṃ deva hitāya vai

Translation

أنتِ وحدكِ المعبودة في العالم كله، يا من لا دنس فيها والمتجلّية بكل صورة. وإن كنتُ قد فعلتُ عملاً يُلام، فحقًّا كان لخير الآلهة.

Word by Word

• जगत्पूज्या: worthy of worship by the world
• जगत्पूज्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् + पूज्य (कृदन्त; पूज् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः पूज्या)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• एका: alone, one
• एका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वरूपधरा: bearing all forms
• सर्वरूपधरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + रूप + धर (कृदन्त; धृ धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वाणि रूपाणि धारयति)

• अनघे: O sinless one
• अनघे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-निपात (conditional)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• कर्म: act, deed
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• अवद्यम्: blameworthy
• अवद्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• हिताय: for welfare
• हिताय: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reverent speaker addresses the Goddess, portrayed as all-formed (multiple iconographic aspects suggested), hands folded, with a subdued, apologetic posture; divine attendants witness the confession and dedication to deva-hita.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine Mother is universal and all-formed; even difficult actions must be weighed by intention toward cosmic welfare (hita) within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it supports the theological tone within the chapter’s tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction; the verse centers on praise (stuti) of Devī and the principle of acting for deva-hita.