Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

जयाचिंत्य जयामेय जयानंत जयाच्युत । जयामर जयाजेय जयाव्यय सुरेश्वर

Transliteration

jayāciṃtya jayāmeya jayānaṃta jayācyuta | jayāmara jayājeya jayāvyaya sureśvara

Translation

“Victory to the Inconceivable; victory to the Immeasurable; victory to the Endless; victory to the Unfallen. Victory to the Deathless; victory to the Unconquered; victory to the Imperishable—O Lord of the gods!”

Word by Word

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• aciṃtya: O inconceivable one
• aciṃtya: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-ciṃtya (√cint धातु + यत्; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्)

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• ameya: O immeasurable one
• ameya: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-meya (√mā धातु + यत्; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्): 'immeasurable'

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• ananta: O endless one
• ananta: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• acyuta: O Acyuta (imperishable one)
• acyuta: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-cyuta (√cyu धातु + क्त; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (क्त): 'not fallen/imperishable'

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• amara: O immortal one
• amara: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; 'immortal (god)' as epithet

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• ajeya: O unconquerable one
• ajeya: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jeya (√ji धातु + यत्; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्): 'unconquerable'

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• avyaya: O imperishable one
• avyaya: Sambodhana (Epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyaya (√i/√vyay?; प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण: 'imperishable/unchanging'

• sureśvara: O Lord of the gods
• sureśvara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सुराणाम् ईश्वरः = 'Lord of the gods'

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sureshvara (the Lord addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, cosmic Lord addressed as inconceivable and endless; the background can suggest infinity—starry sky, expanding halo—while the sage continues the ‘jaya’ litany.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Sureśvara (Lord of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is limitless and indestructible; remembering these epithets steadies faith and dissolves fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a universal stuti embedded in a tīrtha-glorification chapter; the immediate tīrtha context comes from the surrounding narration in Adhyāya 6.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse itself is a litany of divine names, appropriate for nāma-japa.