Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

मात्रात्रयसमोपेता गुणत्रयविभाविनी । मायादीनां जनित्री त्वं विश्वव्यापकरूपिणी

Transliteration

mātrātrayasamopetā guṇatrayavibhāvinī | māyādīnāṃ janitrī tvaṃ viśvavyāpakarūpiṇī

Translation

„Mit den drei mātrā ausgestattet, die drei guṇa offenbarend, bist du die Mutter der Māyā und alles dessen, was ihr folgt—deine Gestalt durchdringt das ganze Universum.“

Word by Word

• mātrā-traya-samopetā: endowed with the three mātrās
• mātrā-traya-samopetā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-upeta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from sam-√i)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (dvigu-like internal: 'three mātrās' + 'endowed with'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण

• guṇa-traya-vibhāvinī: manifesting the three guṇas
• guṇa-traya-vibhāvinī: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāvinī (प्रातिपदिक from vi-√bhū/√bhā; agent noun)
• Form: तत्पुरुष ('manifesting the three guṇas'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• māyā-ādīnām: of māyā and the rest
• māyā-ādīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (māyā as first member; 'māyā etc.'); षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• janitrī: mother, progenitress
• janitrī: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janitrī (प्रातिपदिक; from √jan)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• viśva-vyāpaka-rūpiṇī: having a form that pervades the universe
• viśva-vyāpaka-rūpiṇī: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpaka (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्राय ('having the form that pervades the universe'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Phalavelā (as Devī-name tied to the local tīrtha in this stuti-cycle)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic Devī, simultaneously subtle and all-pervading, shown as the matrix of the three guṇas; the universe appears within her aura while pilgrims offer flowers at a tīrtha-shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Māyā
• Triguṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine Feminine is presented as the cosmic principle behind manifestation, sustaining both metaphysics and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s māhātmya by grounding it in śakti theology.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly.