Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अनादिजगदादिर्या रत्नगर्भा वसुप्रिया । रथाङ्गपाणिना पद्मा पातु मां कनकेश्वरी

Transliteration

anādijagadādiryā ratnagarbhā vasupriyā | rathāṅgapāṇinā padmā pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī

Translation

Möge Kanakeśvarī mich beschützen—die Anfanglose, Ursprung der Welt; reich an Juwelen, der Fülle lieb; die Lotus-Göttin, verbunden mit dem Herrn, der den Diskus trägt (Viṣṇu).

Word by Word

• anādi-jagad-ādiḥ: the beginningless origin of the world
• anādi-jagad-ādiḥ: Visheshya (Appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anādi (प्रातिपदिक) + jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; ‘जगदादिः’ = जगतः आदिः, ‘अनादि’ = beginningless

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ratna-garbhā: having jewels in her womb
• ratna-garbhā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; (रत्नं गर्भे यस्याः)

• vasu-priyā: fond of wealth / dear to the Vasus
• vasu-priyā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; (वसूनां प्रिया / धनप्रिय)

• rathāṅga-pāṇinā: by/with the one having a discus in hand (Viṣṇu)
• rathāṅga-pāṇinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rathāṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (रथाङ्गं पाणौ यस्य)

• padmā: Padmā
• padmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवी-नाम/विशेषण (lotus(-like))

• pātu: may (she) protect
• pātu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kanakeśvarī: Kanakeśvarī
• kanakeśvarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanaka (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवी-नाम

Speaker

Garuḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakeśvarī-kṣetra (Śrī/Padmā aspect)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kanakeśvarī as Padmā/Śrī: lotus-bearing, jewel-wombed radiance, with Viṣṇu’s discus symbolism subtly present (chakra emblem), conveying prosperity and cosmic origin.

Characters & Entities

• Kanakeśvarī
• Padmā (Lakṣmī)
• Viṣṇu (Rathāṅgapāṇi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion often integrates forms: the local Kanakeśvarī is praised with Lakṣmī-like and cosmic attributes, expanding the devotee’s vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred-place narrative (with Kanakaprasava named explicitly in verse 19).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it is a protective stuti for recitation and remembrance.