Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ऋद्धिसिद्धिप्रदे देवि कालनृत्ये धृतिप्रिये । शांकरि ब्राह्मणि ब्राह्मि सर्वदेवनमस्कृते

Transliteration

ṛddhisiddhiprade devi kālanṛtye dhṛtipriye | śāṃkari brāhmaṇi brāhmi sarvadevanamaskṛte

Translation

O Göttin, Spenderin von Gedeihen und Vollendung; der kosmische Tanz der Zeit; Geliebte der Standhaftigkeit; Śāṃkarī, Brāhmaṇī, Brāhmī—von allen Göttern verehrt!

Word by Word

• ऋद्धिसिद्धिप्रदे: O giver of prosperity and success
• ऋद्धिसिद्धिप्रदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋद्धि-सिद्ध्योः प्रदा/प्रदा)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• कालनृत्ये: O (one whose) dance is time / O time-dancer
• कालनृत्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (काले नृत्यं यस्याः/कालस्य नृत्यमिव)

• धृतिप्रिये: O lover of fortitude
• धृतिप्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धृतेः प्रिया)

• शांकरि: O Śāṅkarī (consort of Śaṅkara)
• शांकरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शांकरि (प्रातिपदिक; शंकर-सम्बन्धिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणि: O Brāhmaṇī
• ब्राह्मणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मि: O Brāhmī
• ब्राह्मि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• सर्वदेवनमस्कृते: O one saluted by all gods
• सर्वदेवनमस्कृते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √कृ 'to do' with नमस्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वदेवैः नमस्कृता)

Speaker

Devas (the gods, led by Indra/Mahendra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Prabhāsa’s sacred assembly, gods and ṛṣis stand with folded hands, offering a litany of epithets to Devī as cosmic Time’s dance and as Śāṃkarī/Brāhmī, radiating calm power.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Brahmā
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All auspiciousness—ṛddhi and siddhi—flows from Devī, who also governs Time; devotion cultivates dhṛti (steadfastness) amid change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Devī is praised in a multi-form theology linking Śaiva and Vedic dimensions within the kṣetra’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse supports devotional stuti and the aspiration for dhṛti, ṛddhi, and siddhi through reverence.