Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

जय कामप्रदे नित्यं जय त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरि । जय त्रैलोक्य रक्षार्थमुद्यते ह्यकुतोभये

Transliteration

jaya kāmaprade nityaṃ jaya trailokyasundari | jaya trailokya rakṣārthamudyate hyakutobhaye

Translation

Sieg sei Dir allezeit, Spenderin der Gaben! Sieg, du Schönheit der drei Welten! Sieg sei Dir, die Du dich erhebst, um die drei Welten zu schützen—o Furchtlose!

Word by Word

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana-function
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• कामप्रदे: O giver of desires
• कामप्रदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; काम + प्रद)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कामान् प्रददातीति)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण), ‘always’

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana-function
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरि: O beauty of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-सुन्दरि (प्रातिपदिक; त्रैलोक्य + सुन्दरि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रैलोक्ये सुन्दरी)

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana-function
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• त्रैलोक्य: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (रक्षार्थम् इत्यनेन सह)

• रक्षार्थम्: for protection
• रक्षार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रक्षा-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; रक्षा + अर्थ)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (purpose adverbial), ‘for the sake of protection’; मूलतः तत्पुरुष-समास (रक्षायाः अर्थः)

• उद्यते: O ready/upraised one
• उद्यते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘उद्यत’ (raised/ready) विशेषण-रूपेण सम्बोधन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• अकुतोभये: O fearless one
• अकुतोभये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकुतो-भय (प्रातिपदिक; अकुतः + भय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुतोऽपि भयम् न यस्याः सा)

Speaker

Dānava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daitya continues his hymn: Devī as eternal boon-giver and the beauty of the three worlds, rising to protect them, utterly fearless; the battlefield aura shifts into devotional radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is both compassionate (granting boons) and protective (defending the worlds); devotion recognizes both aspects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a stuti within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter; it glorifies Devī’s cosmic role more than a single geographic site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it models devotional recitation (stotra/stuti).