Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

जय देवि जगत्सृष्टे जयैरावति भारति । जयानंते जय जये जय देवि जलाविले

Transliteration

jaya devi jagatsṛṣṭe jayairāvati bhārati | jayānaṃte jaya jaye jaya devi jalāvile

Translation

النصر لكِ يا إلهةَ خلقِ العالم ومصدرَ نشأته؛ النصر لكِ يا أَيْرَافَتِي؛ النصر لكِ يا بْهَارَتِي. النصر للّامتناهي—نصرٌ نصرٌ! النصر لكِ يا إلهةَ صورتُها مياهٌ هائجة متدفّقة.

Word by Word

• जय: victory! hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/आशीर्वादार्थक-उद्गारः), सम्बोधनार्थे स्तुत्यर्थे च

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

• जगत्-सृष्टे: O creator of the world
• जगत्-सृष्टे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सृष्ट (कृदन्त, √सृज् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः सृष्टिः यस्याः/या)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

• ऐरावति: O Airāvatī
• ऐरावति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• भारति: O Bhāratī (Sarasvatī)
• भारति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

• अनन्ते: O Endless One
• अनन्ते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

• जये: O Jayā (Victory personified)
• जये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

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

• जल-अविले: O one (present) in turbid waters / O Jalāvilā
• जल-अविले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + अविल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसदृशः (जले अविलः/अविला) इति विशेषणार्थकः नामरूपेण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (jalāvilā-devī association)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (as creatrix, Bhāratī, water-form)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas praise Devī as creatrix and as Bhāratī (goddess of speech), while the sea-waters of Prabhāsa rise in luminous waves forming her silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Airāvatī
• Bhāratī
• Ananta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī is the creatrix and the Infinite; her presence is also recognized in sacred waters that purify and sustain life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, especially its tīrtha-waters implied by the water-epithet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the wording supports water-associated worship such as tīrtha-smaraṇa and stuti during snāna.