Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

जय देवि कृतानंदे जय दैत्यविनाशिनि । जय क्लेशच्छिदे कांते जयाभक्तविमोहदे

Transliteration

jaya devi kṛtānaṃde jaya daityavināśini | jaya kleśacchide kāṃte jayābhaktavimohade

Translation

Sieg Dir, o Göttin, die Wonne hervorbringt! Sieg Dir, Vernichterin der Asuras! Sieg Dir, Zerschneiderin der Leiden, o Geliebte! Sieg Dir, die Du die Unandächtigen in Verwirrung stürzt!

Word by Word

• jaya: victory! hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/सम्बोधनार्थ-जयशब्दः), स्तुत्यर्थे

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

• kṛtānande: O maker of bliss
• kṛtānande: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृ-धातु, क्त-कृदन्त) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृतः आनन्दः यस्याः/यया) — ‘one who has made/caused bliss’

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/सम्बोधनार्थ-जयशब्दः), स्तुत्यर्थे

• daitya-vināśini: O destroyer of demons
• daitya-vināśini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानां विनाशिनी)

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/सम्बोधनार्थ-जयशब्दः), स्तुत्यर्थे

• kleśa-cchide: O cutter of afflictions
• kleśa-cchide: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kleśa (प्रातिपदिक) + chid (छिद्-धातु, क्तिन्/णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक: cchid-)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्लेशानां छिदे/छेदकर्त्री)

• kānte: O beloved one
• kānte: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāntā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/सम्बोधनार्थ-जयशब्दः), स्तुत्यर्थे

• abhakta-vimohade: O one who confounds the faithless
• abhakta-vimohade: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + vimoha (प्रातिपदिक) + da (दा-धातु, क्तिन्/णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक: da)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अभक्तानां विमोहं ददाति/दात्री) — ‘giver/causer of delusion to the non-devout’

Speaker

Dānava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands before a radiant Devī; the atmosphere is protective and triumphant, with subdued remnants of demonic forces dissolving as the stuti ‘jaya’ resounds.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Daitya (demons)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti dispels suffering and grants inner joy; absence of devotion leads to confusion and misdirection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as devotional praise within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter; it does not directly name a particular pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the implied practice is devotional praise (stuti) as dharmic conduct.