Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

कांतिर्लज्जा महामाया श्रद्धा सर्वार्थसाधिनी । त्वया विरहितं किंचिन्नास्ति त्रिभुवनेष्वपि

Transliteration

kāṃtirlajjā mahāmāyā śraddhā sarvārthasādhinī | tvayā virahitaṃ kiṃcinnāsti tribhuvaneṣvapi

Translation

Du bist Glanz, Schamhaftigkeit, Mahāmāyā und der Glaube, der jedes würdige Ziel vollendet. In den drei Welten gibt es nichts, was auch nur im Geringsten ohne dich bestünde.

Word by Word

• कान्तिः: splendour/beauty
• कान्तिः: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• लज्जा: modesty/shame
• लज्जा: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• महामाया: great illusion/power of delusion
• महामाया: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative); कर्मधारयः ‘महती माया’

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• सर्वार्थसाधिनी: accomplishing all aims
• सर्वार्थसाधिनी: Predicate adjective (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + साधिनी (साध् धातु, णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/सम्बन्धः ‘सर्वेषाम् अर्थानाम् साधिनी’

• त्वया: by you/without you (with virahitam)
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; तृतीया (Instrumental)

• विरहितम्: devoid/separated
• विरहितम्: Predicate adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + रह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘विरहित’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘devoid of’

• किम्: what/anything
• किम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• चित्: ever/at all
• चित्: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चितार्थक-निपातः; ‘-ever/any’ (किम्-शब्देन सह)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपातः

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिभुवनेषु: in the three worlds
• त्रिभुवनेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; सप्तमी (Locative); द्विगु-समासः ‘त्रीणि भुवनानि’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थे ‘even/also’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual stuti within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely a devotee/sage praising Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within tīrtha-māhātmya narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī as an all-pervading luminous presence: her radiance fills the three worlds; modesty and faith appear as attendant personifications; the pilgrim perceives no separation between self, world, and the Mother.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāmāyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī is both the inner virtue (faith, modesty) and the cosmic power (Mahāmāyā); recognizing her presence sanctifies all action, including pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named here; the verse universalizes the mahātmya by asserting Devī’s presence everywhere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is contemplative—seeing all as pervaded by Devī.