Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

आकाशरूपसंपन्ने पंचरूपे नमोनमः

Transliteration

ākāśarūpasaṃpanne paṃcarūpe namonamaḥ

Translation

«Hommage, hommage à Toi—revêtue de la forme de l’Espace et porteuse de la forme quintuple.»

Word by Word

• आकाशरूपसंपन्ने: O (Goddess) endowed with the form of space
• आकाशरूपसंपन्ने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाश (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + संपन्न (कृदन्त, सम्+पद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (addressing/vocative-locative usage)

• पञ्चरूपे: O (one) of five forms
• पञ्चरूपे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः (interjection of salutation)

• नमः: salutation (again)
• नमः: Sambandha/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरुक्तिः (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Lakṣmī (continuation of the mantra-pañcaka stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (as chapter context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers repeated namaskāra to the Goddess envisioned as vast, translucent space, while five radiating aspects/forms appear around her as a mandala.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is all-pervasive (ākāśa-like) and manifests in multiple modes, unifying devotion with cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya sequence within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A concluding salutation within the five-mantra set, suitable for japa or pūjā recitation.