Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

प्रणतार्ति प्रभंजिन्यै जगन्मात्रे नमोस्तुते । सर्वापत्प्रतिपक्षायै मंगलायै नमोनमः

Transliteration

praṇatārti prabhaṃjinyai jaganmātre namostute | sarvāpatpratipakṣāyai maṃgalāyai namonamaḥ

Translation

Salutations à Toi, Mère du monde, qui brises la détresse de ceux qui se prosternent devant Toi. Hommage encore et encore à l’Auspicious, qui s’oppose à tout malheur.

Word by Word

• praṇata: bowed down, prostrated
• praṇata: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु) → praṇata (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रातिपदिकम्; समासपूर्वपदम् (विशेषणार्थ); अव्ययभावेन न, परन्तु समासाङ्गम्

• ārti: distress, affliction
• ārti: Sambandha (Object notion within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्गरूपेण)

• prabhaṃjinyai: to the destroyer (fem.)
• prabhaṃjinyai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra-√bhañj (धातु) → prabhaṃjinī (कृदन्त/णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन

• jagat: of the world
• jagat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (समासाङ्गरूपेण)

• mātre: to the mother
• mātre: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana (Salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक निपात)

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी एकवचन (अत्र चतुर्थी—‘तुभ्यम्’)

• sarva: all
• sarva: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदम्; विशेषणार्थ; (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-आधार)

• āpat: calamity
• āpat: Sambandha (Object notion within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• pratipakṣāyai: to the opponent/antidote
• pratipakṣāyai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prati-pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन; ‘प्रति’ उपसर्गपूर्वक-प्रातिपदिक

• maṃgalāyai: to the auspicious one
• maṃgalāyai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana (Salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक निपात)

• namaḥ: salutation (again)
• namaḥ: Prayojana (Salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति-नमस्कार)

Speaker

Narratorial praise within Gaṅgā-stotra (speaker not explicit in this verse; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a Kāśī ghāṭa folds hands and prostrates toward a radiant Mother-Goddess presence, haloed, holding auspicious emblems; behind, the Gaṅgā flows with lamps and temple spires.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā (implied as Jagadmātā/ Maṅgalā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Surrender and reverence to the Divine Mother (Gaṅgā) transforms suffering, as Her grace is portrayed as an active force against misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Kāśī-centered Gaṅgā-māhātmya framework, implying the sanctity of Gaṅgā in Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated here; it is a stotra-verse meant for devotional recitation as praise and refuge.