Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

क्षमा ऋद्धिः प्रभा स्वाहा सावित्री कमला सती । त्वं गौरी त्वं महामाया चामुण्डा त्वं सरस्वती

Transliteration

kṣamā ṛddhiḥ prabhā svāhā sāvitrī kamalā satī | tvaṃ gaurī tvaṃ mahāmāyā cāmuṇḍā tvaṃ sarasvatī

Translation

Du bist Kṣamā, Ṛddhi, Prabhā und Svāhā; du bist Sāvitrī, Kamalā und Satī. Du bist Gaurī; du bist Mahāmāyā; du bist Cāmuṇḍā; du bist Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

• kṣamā: forbearance
• kṣamā: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ṛddhiḥ: prosperity
• ṛddhiḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• prabhā: radiance
• prabhā: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• svāhā: Svāhā (oblation-call)
• svāhā: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāhā (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); मन्त्र-निपातवत् देवीनाम

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kamalā: Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
• kamalā: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• satī: Satī
• satī: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• gaurī: Gaurī
• gaurī: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahāmāyā: Mahāmāyā (great power of illusion)
• mahāmāyā: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ('great' + 'illusion/power')

• cāmuṇḍā: Cāmuṇḍā
• cāmuṇḍā: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmuṇḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Devas (collective hymn of praise, implied from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī appears as a single luminous presence while her many names—Kṣamā, Ṛddhi, Prabhā, Svāhā, Sāvitrī, Kamalā, Satī, Gaurī, Mahāmāyā, Cāmuṇḍā, Sarasvatī—radiate as emblematic attributes around her (lotus, Veda, rosary, skull-garland, fire-offering).

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Kṣamā
• Ṛddhi
• Prabhā
• Svāhā
• Sāvitrī
• Kamalā
• Satī
• Gaurī
• Mahāmāyā
• Cāmuṇḍā
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All divine powers—prosperity, wisdom, radiance, and protective fierceness—are unified in Devī, who pervades and governs the cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Arbuda setting within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, supporting the sacred landscape narrative around Arbuda (Mount Abu region) rather than naming a single tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it functions as a devotional nāma-stuti (praise through divine names).