Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

जय सर्वगते देवि सर्वदुष्टविनाशिनि

Transliteration

jaya sarvagate devi sarvaduṣṭavināśini

Translation

Victory to You, O all-pervading Goddess, destroyer of every wickedness!

Word by Word

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/सम्बोधनार्थ-जयशब्दः), स्तुत्यर्थे

• sarvagate: O all-pervading one
• sarvagate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (गम्-धातु, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सर्वत्र गता’ (all-pervading)

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

• sarva-duṣṭa-vināśini: O destroyer of all the wicked
• sarva-duṣṭa-vināśini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां दुष्टानां विनाशिनी)

Speaker

Bali (Dānava) praising Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A final ‘jaya’ rings out; Devī’s aura expands beyond the shrine, symbolically pervading the landscape; darkness of wickedness recedes like a departing shadow.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power is invoked as universal (sarvagatā) and morally protective—destroying wickedness and safeguarding dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as a stuti within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This is a praise-verse suitable for japa/stotra-style recitation, though no explicit instruction is stated.