Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

फेत्कारा रवशोभिष्ठे गीतवाद्यविराजिते । जयानाद्ये जय ध्येये भर्गदेहार्धसंश्रये

Transliteration

phetkārā ravaśobhiṣṭhe gītavādyavirājite | jayānādye jaya dhyeye bhargadehārdhasaṃśraye

Translation

Ô toi dont l’éclat est accru par le cri « pheṭ », rayonnante de chants et d’instruments ; victoire à toi, l’Incommencée ; victoire à toi, digne de méditation—toi qui demeures comme la moitié du corps de Bharga (Śiva).

Word by Word

• फेत्कारा: O she of the ‘phetkāra’ cry
• फेत्कारा: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फेत्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• रवशोभिष्ठे: O most splendid in sound
• रवशोभिष्ठे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रव (प्रातिपदिक) + शोभिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; शोभा-तमतम/इष्ठ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रवेण शोभिष्ठा)

• गीतवाद्यविराजिते: O shining with songs and instruments
• गीतवाद्यविराजिते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विराजित (विराज् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गीत-वाद्यैः विराजिता)

• जयानाद्ये: O beginningless victory (one)
• जयानाद्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + अनाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (जयः अनाद्यः यस्याः/या)

• जय: be victorious
• जय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ध्येये: O worthy of meditation
• ध्येये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्येय (प्रातिपदिक; ध्यै धातु + यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; ध्येय = ‘to be meditated upon’

• भर्गदेहार्धसंश्रये: O refuge in (or resting in) half of Bharga’s body
• भर्गदेहार्धसंश्रये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भर्गस्य देह-अर्धे संश्रयः/संश्रया)

Speaker

Niṣadhādhipati (the lord/king of Niṣadha), offering Devī-stuti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A temple-festival scene: the goddess praised amid music and instruments; the mantra-like ‘pheṭ’ cry rings out; she is envisioned as inseparable from Śiva, abiding as his half-body (Ardhanārīśvara resonance).

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bharga (Śiva)
• Ardhanārīśvara concept (half-body union)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is inseparable from Śiva—one reality expressed as a unified divine power worthy of meditation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a theological-ikonographic verse within a tīrtha chapter; it does not name the site directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies dhyāna (meditation) and devotional music; no formal rule is detailed.