Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

नमस्ते देवदेवेशि नमस्ते सर्ववासिनि । सर्वकामप्रदे सत्ये जरामरणवर्जिते

Transliteration

namaste devadeveśi namaste sarvavāsini | sarvakāmaprade satye jarāmaraṇavarjite

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, o Herrin der Götter; Ehrerbietung Dir, die in allem wohnt. Spenderin jedes rechten Wunsches, Du selbst die Wahrheit—frei von Alter und Tod!

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Vocative function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (interjection/particle of salutation)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन; दत्तिवत् प्रयोगे (to you) प्रचलितः

• देवदेवेशि: O goddess, Lord of gods
• देवदेवेशि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देवेशिन्/ईशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवेशी)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Vocative function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन; दत्तिवत् प्रयोगे (to you)

• सर्ववासिनि: O all-dwelling one
• सर्ववासिनि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषु वासिनी)

• सर्वकामप्रदे: O giver of all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददातीति)

• सत्ये: O true one
• सत्ये: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• जरामरणवर्जिते: O one free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जिते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (जरा+मरण) ततः तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भावेन वर्जित (free from old age and death)

Speaker

Viṣakanyā (the poison-maiden), offering stuti to Devī Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The supplicant offers a formal hymn: hands in añjali, eyes uplifted, addressing the Devī as Devadeveśī and Sarvavāsinī, with a calm, radiant icon of the Goddess.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Devadeveśī
• Sarvavāsinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī is praised as both immanent (dwelling in all) and transcendent (beyond death), encouraging devotion grounded in truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter (Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 62), where Devī’s presence sanctifies the locale; this specific line does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of stuti (hymnic praise) is exemplified; no additional ritual details are specified.