Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

जय कौशिकि कौमारि जय वारुणि कामदे । नमोनमस्ते शर्वाणि भूयोभूयो जयाम्बिके

Transliteration

jaya kauśiki kaumāri jaya vāruṇi kāmade | namonamaste śarvāṇi bhūyobhūyo jayāmbike

Translation

Jaya bagimu, wahai Kauśikī; jaya bagimu, wahai Kaumārī. Jaya bagimu, wahai Vāruṇī; jaya bagimu, pemenuh segala hasrat. Salam sujud berulang kepadamu, wahai Śarvāṇī; sekali lagi dan lagi, jaya bagimu, wahai Ambikā.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय् (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार)

• कौशिकि: O Kauśikī
• कौशिकि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• कौमारि: O Kaumārī
• कौमारि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय् (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार)

• वारुणि: O Vāruṇī
• वारुणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• कामदे: O giver of desires
• कामदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक निपात)

• नमः: salutation (again)
• नमः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति-बल)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; enclitic

• शर्वाणि: O Śarvāṇī (consort of Śarva/Śiva)
• शर्वाणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• भूयः: again, repeatedly
• भूयः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• भूयः: again and again
• भूयः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति-बल)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय् (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार)

• अम्बिके: O Ambikā (Mother goddess)
• अम्बिके: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A chorus of devas with folded hands chant victory-epithets to the Devī—Kauśikī, Kaumārī, Vāruṇī, Śarvāṇī, Ambikā—against a luminous Prabhāsa backdrop near the sea-temple horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Kauśikī
• Kaumārī
• Vāruṇī
• Śarvāṇī
• Ambikā
• Skanda
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent devotion—again and again offering namas and jaya—draws Devī’s grace for both rightful desires and higher good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the sacred landscape framing this continuous victory-hymn.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated salutations (namonamas) and repeated victory-invocation (bhūyobhūyo jaya), implying japa-like repetition.