Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

जय गायत्रि कल्याणि जय सह्ये विभावरि । जय दुर्गे महाकालि शिव दूति जयाऽजये

Transliteration

jaya gāyatri kalyāṇi jaya sahye vibhāvari | jaya durge mahākāli śiva dūti jayā'jaye

Translation

النصر لكِ يا غاياتري، يا مباركة؛ النصر لكِ يا سَهْيا، يا ليلَ الإشراق. النصر لكِ يا دورغا، يا مهاكالي؛ يا رسولَة شيفا—النصر لكِ يا أَجَيا، يا من لا تُقهَرين.

Word by Word

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

• गायत्रि: O Gāyatrī
• गायत्रि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• कल्याणि: O auspicious one
• कल्याणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

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

• सह्ये: O Sahyā
• सह्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सह्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• विभावरि: O night / O radiant one
• विभावरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभावरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

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

• दुर्गे: O Durgā
• दुर्गे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• महाकालि: O Mahākālī
• महाकालि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाकाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• शिव-दूति: O messenger of Śiva
• शिव-दूति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + दूती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य दूती)

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

• अजये: O Ajayā (the unconquered)
• अजये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजया/अजया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; 'अजया' इति नाम, सन्धौ 'जयाऽजये' = जया + अजये

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha area)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim assembly at Prabhāsa at dusk, facing the sea and Somnātha’s silhouette; Devī appears as a composite form—Gāyatrī with Vedic aura, Durgā with lion, Mahākālī with dark radiance—while a Śiva-dhūti (Śiva’s messenger aspect) stands as protective presence.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Kalyāṇī
• Sahyā
• Vibhāvarī
• Durgā
• Mahākālī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī protects, illumines, and removes obstacles; she is unconquerable and acts in harmony with Śiva’s will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this Devī-stuti is situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the invocation of Gāyatrī suggests fitness for mantra-japa and protective recitation.