Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

रेवती हरसिद्धिश्च दुर्गा विषमलोचना । सहजा कुलजा कुब्जा मायावी शांभवी क्रिया

Transliteration

revatī harasiddhiśca durgā viṣamalocanā | sahajā kulajā kubjā māyāvī śāṃbhavī kriyā

Translation

তিনি রেবতী ও হরসিদ্ধি; তিনি দুর্গা—অদ্ভুত, অতুল দৃষ্টিসম্পন্না। তিনি সহজা, কুলজা ও কুব্জা; তিনি মায়াবী এবং শাম্ভবী ক্রিয়া—শিবসম্ভূতা পবিত্র সাধনাশক্তি।

Word by Word

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हरसिद्धिः: Harasiddhi
• हरसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘हरस्य सिद्धिः’ / ‘हरसम्बन्धिनी सिद्धिः’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुर्गा: Durgā
• दुर्गा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विषमलोचना: Viṣamalocanā (uneven/strange-eyed)
• विषमलोचना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषम + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘विषमा लोचना यस्याः सा’)

• सहजा: Sahajā (innate-born)
• सहजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कुलजा: Kulajā (born of a lineage)
• कुलजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल + जा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जा’ from √जन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘कुलात् जाता’)

• कुब्जा: Kubjā (hunchbacked)
• कुब्जा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुब्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मायावी: Māyāvī (possessing illusion)
• मायावी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मायाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘मायाविन्’ इत्यस्य स्त्रीरूपम्

• शाम्भवी: Śāmbhavī
• शाम्भवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु + ई (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘शम्भोः सम्बन्धिनी/शम्भोः शक्तिः’)

• क्रिया: Kriyā (action/power)
• क्रिया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī appears in a sequence of forms: Revatī as gentle auspicious mother; Harasiddhi as siddhi-giving goddess with a boon-granting hand; Durgā with lion and weapons; Viṣamalochanā with striking, asymmetrical, all-seeing eyes; Sahajā as a luminous inner flame; Kulajā as regal, clan-protecting matron; Kubjā as enigmatic, slightly bent yet powerful; Māyāvī casting a veil of illusion; Śāṃbhavī-kriyā as a radiant current linking Devī to a nearby Śiva-liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Harasiddhi
• Durgā
• Śāṃbhavī
• Caṇḍikā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is praised as the many-named, all-effective power of Śiva—approached through reverent remembrance of her names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself is part of a stotra (name-recitation); the explicit vrata/japa rules appear in later verses of the same adhyāya.