Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच जय देव महादेव सर्वभावन ईश्वर । नमस्तेऽस्तु सुरेशाय परमेशाय वै नमः

Transliteration

devyuvāca jaya deva mahādeva sarvabhāvana īśvara | namaste'stu sureśāya parameśāya vai namaḥ

Translation

The Goddess said: “Victory to you, O God, O Mahādeva, O Lord who brings forth all beings! Salutation to you—Lord of the gods; salutation indeed to the Supreme Lord.”

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• जय: victory (to you)!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; जयशब्दः सम्बोधनार्थे (interjection of victory)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वभावन: O nourisher of all
• सर्वभावन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; (सर्वेषां भावनः)

• ईश्वर: O Lord
• ईश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय (indeclinable usage of neuter noun); नमस्कारार्थक

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सुरेशाय: to the Lord of the gods
• सुरेशाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश (प्रातिपदिक: सुरेश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; (सुराणाम् ईशः)

• परमेशाय: to the Supreme Lord
• परमेशाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश (प्रातिपदिक: परमेश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; (परमः ईशः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय; नमस्कारार्थक (repeated salutation)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī/Umā, contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī stands in reverent posture before Mahādeva, hands folded, proclaiming victory and salutations; Śiva appears as the supreme Lord, serene yet majestic, with crescent moon and matted locks implied by the surrounding iconography of Candraśekhara.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mahādeva
• Sureśa
• Parameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The proper response to divine revelation is reverent surrender—recognizing Śiva as both immanent source of beings and transcendent Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Devī offers stuti in the Kālāgniliṅga narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional salutation and praise (namaskāra, stuti) are modeled; no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna rule is stated in this verse.