Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवमयी त्वं हि सर्वभूतविवृद्धिदा । सर्वलोकहिता नित्यं मम देहहिता भव

Transliteration

sarvadevamayī tvaṃ hi sarvabhūtavivṛddhidā | sarvalokahitā nityaṃ mama dehahitā bhava

Translation

Wahrlich, du bist die Verkörperung aller Götter, die Mehrerin aller Wesen. Stets dem Wohl aller Welten zugewandt, sei nun auch die Wohltäterin meines eigenen Leibes.

Word by Word

• सर्वदेवमयी: consisting of all gods
• सर्वदेवमयी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सर्वदेवैः मयी/पूर्णा’ (consisting of all gods)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधानार्थ (indeed)

• सर्वभूतविवृद्धिदा: giver of growth to all beings
• सर्वभूतविवृद्धिदा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + विवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (प्रातिपदिक; दा=दातृ from √दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सर्वभूतानां विवृद्धिं ददाति’ इति (giver of increase)

• सर्वलोकहिता: beneficial to all worlds
• सर्वलोकहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सर्वलोकस्य हितम्’

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; सम्बन्ध

• देहहिता: beneficial to (my) body
• देहहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘देहस्य हितम्’

• भव: become/be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Deveśa (the Lord), speaking in supplication (context: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya; Brahma–Nārada dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee addresses the Devī as the sum of all gods: around her halo appear miniature forms of devas; she extends a boon-giving hand while her other hand signifies protection, with the world symbolically sheltered behind her.

Characters & Entities

• Devi (addressed as Sarvadevamayī)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine Mother is praised as universal beneficence itself—one who sustains all beings and can also grant personal protection and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a devotional appeal (stuti/prārthanā) seeking bodily welfare.