Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

भविष्यति जयो नूनं त्वत्प्रसादादसंशयम् । एवं सा देवदेवेन प्रोक्ता केलीश्वरी तदा

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati jayo nūnaṃ tvatprasādādasaṃśayam | evaṃ sā devadevena proktā kelīśvarī tadā

Translation

Der Sieg wird gewiss kommen – ohne Zweifel – durch deine Gnade. So wurde damals Kelīśvarī von Devadeva in dieser Weise angesprochen.

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will be / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present/Future sense), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle of certainty)

• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (ablative), एकवचनम् (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: 'your grace')

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया रूपम् (used adverbially)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (manner adverb)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• देवदेवेन: by the god of gods
• देवदेवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), तृतीया-विभक्तिः (instrumental), एकवचनम् (singular); कर्मधारयः ('god of gods')

• प्रोक्ता: was spoken/told
• प्रोक्ता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• केलीश्वरी: Kelīśvarī (name/title)
• केलीश्वरी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केली (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('mistress of play/sport')

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Devadeva (Śiva) (with narrative closure by the Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devadeva (Śiva) addresses Kelīśvarī, granting assurance of victory by his grace; the moment is intimate yet martial—boon-like speech before battle.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Devadeva)
• Kelīśvarī (Goddess)
• Prasāda (grace)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prasāda (divine favor) is portrayed as the decisive cause behind success; devotion is the means, grace is the fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is situated in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse functions as a narrative affirmation of the stotra’s fruit rather than site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it reiterates the assured fruit (jaya) arising from the Goddess’s grace.