Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 298

Devanagari script

मन्त्रयन्त्रसमोपेता ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु । नित्यरूपा महारूपा सर्वरूपा निरञ्जना

Transliteration

mantrayantrasamopetā brahmaviṣṇuśivādiṣu | nityarūpā mahārūpā sarvarūpā nirañjanā

Translation

Pourvue de mantras et de yantras, présente parmi Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva et les autres, elle est de forme éternelle, de forme immense, de toute forme, et sans tache, au-delà de toute souillure.

Word by Word

• मन्त्रयन्त्रसमोपेता: endowed with mantras and yantras
• मन्त्रयन्त्रसमोपेता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र-यन्त्र-सम्-उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (उप-इ (धातु) + क्त), ‘सम्’ उपसर्ग; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्रयन्त्रैः समुपेता)

• ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु: among Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, etc.
• ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-विष्णु-शिव-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (ब्रह्मा विष्णुः शिवः) + ‘आदि’; ‘among/in Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, etc.’

• नित्यरूपा: of eternal form
• नित्यरूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• महारूपा: of great form
• महारूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• सर्वरूपा: of all forms
• सर्वरूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• निरञ्जना: stainless, untainted
• निरञ्जना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-अञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्/निर्-उपसर्गार्थे ‘stainless’

Speaker

Narrator (undetermined from snippet; likely within the same Brahmā–Nārada/Gālava narration layer)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī appears as a luminous presence whose body contains Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva as emanations; around her float yantras and mantra syllables, while she remains serene and stainless.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Śiva
• Mantra
• Yantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine Feminine is portrayed as transcendent and all-pervading—present through mantra/yantra power and beyond impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a theological praise within a māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly references mantra and yantra as ritual-spiritual supports, without prescribing a specific rite.