Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

महादेव जयेत्युच्चैर्भद्रकालीसमन्विताः । भूतप्रेतपिशाचानां समूहा यस्य वल्लभाः

Transliteration

mahādeva jayetyuccairbhadrakālīsamanvitāḥ | bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ samūhā yasya vallabhāḥ

Translation

Accompagnés de Bhadrakālī, ils s’écrièrent à haute voix : « Victoire à Mahādeva ! »—lui dont les troupes de bhūtas, pretas et piśācas sont chères et dévouées.

Word by Word

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• जय: victory!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन-रूपेण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; उद्गार/आशीर्वादार्थक प्रयोग (as an exclamation)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• उच्चैः: loudly
• उच्चैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: loudly)

• भद्रकालीसमन्विताः: accompanied by Bhadrakālī
• भद्रकालीसमन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्रकाली (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+√इ धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भद्रकाल्या समन्विताः = accompanied by Bhadrakālī)

• भूतप्रेतपिशाचानाम्: of the bhūtas, pretas, and piśācas
• भूतप्रेतपिशाचानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक) + पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (भूताः प्रेताः पिशाचाः)

• समूहाः: groups, multitudes
• समूहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समूह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वल्लभाः: beloved ones, favorites
• वल्लभाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic devotional cry: gaṇas and spirit-hosts with varied forms raise arms in acclamation; Bhadrakālī stands beside/behind, fierce yet protective; Mahādeva’s presence dominates as a calm axis amid tumult.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Bhadrakālī
• Bhūtas
• Pretas
• Piśācas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s lordship embraces all beings—fearsome and gentle alike—teaching that divine grace can transform even the terrifying into devoted attendants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises Mahādeva within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but does not name the location by itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional acclamation (“Jaya Mahādeva”) is implied, but no formal rite is prescribed in this verse.