Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

विप्रा ऊचुः । नमस्ते ब्रह्मपुत्र्यास्तु नमस्ते ब्रह्मचारिणि । नमस्ते जगतां मातर्नमस्ते सर्वगे सदा

Transliteration

viprā ūcuḥ | namaste brahmaputryāstu namaste brahmacāriṇi | namaste jagatāṃ mātarnamaste sarvage sadā

Translation

Les brahmanes dirent : Salut à toi, ô Fille de Brahmā ; salut à toi, ô brahmacāriṇī, ascète chaste. Salut à toi, ô Mère des mondes ; salut à toi, toujours omniprésente.

Word by Word

• viprāḥ: the brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (they said)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय (salutation particle)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to you/your) — ‘नमः + ते’ (dative sense idiomatically)

• brahmaputryāḥ: to Brahmā’s daughter
• brahmaputryāḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (dat. sg.)

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive use), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (let it be)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘नमः + ते’ (to you)

• brahmacāriṇi: O brahmacāriṇī (female celibate)
• brahmacāriṇi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmacāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मचरिन्-स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे सप्तमी (vocative-locative usage)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘नमः + ते’ (to you)

• jagatām: of the worlds/beings
• jagatām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• mātar: O Mother
• mātar: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (vocative), एकवचन (O mother)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘नमः + ते’ (to you)

• sarvage: O all-pervading one
• sarvage: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvaga (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + ग < √gam)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे सप्तमी (O all-pervading one)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

Speaker

Viprāḥ (Brahmins)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satyamandira (Dharmāraṇya)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmins with folded hands chant ‘namas te’ in unison before the Devī; the Devī’s icon shows both ascetic simplicity (white/serene) and regal motherhood (ornaments), suggesting her dual nature.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaputrī
• Brahmacāriṇī
• Jagadmātā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Mother is simultaneously transcendent (ascetic, pure) and immanent (mother of all, all-pervading), worthy of constant reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred venue, though no single named tirtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaskāra (salutatory worship) through verbal praise is explicitly performed.