Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु सर्वगे देवि नमस्ते सर्वपूजिते । कामगेऽचिन्त्ये नमस्ते त्रिदशाश्रये

Transliteration

namo'stu sarvage devi namaste sarvapūjite | kāmage'cintye namaste tridaśāśraye

Translation

遍く行き渡る女神よ、汝に敬礼。万に礼拝される御方よ、汝に敬礼。願いを成就する者、不可思議なる者よ—神々の帰依処なる汝に敬礼。

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation; homage
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उपपद-प्रयोगः), नमस्कारार्थकम् (salutation particle)

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• sarvage: O all-pervading one
• sarvage: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (ग/गम्-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम् (vocative singular); विशेषणम् (epithet)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम् (vocative singular)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थकम्

• te: to you / your
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूपम् (genitive/dative singular enclitic)

• sarvapūjite: O universally worshipped one
• sarvapūjite: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjita (पूज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• kāmage: O desire-fulfilling one / moving at will
• kāmage: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (ग/गम्-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• acintye: O inconceivable one
• acintye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + cintya (चिन्त् धातु, यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थकम्

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूपम् (genitive/dative singular enclitic)

• tridaśāśraye: O refuge of the thirty gods
• tridaśāśraye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods) — inferred from preceding verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda Devī-darśana-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas in orderly ranks with folded hands address the all-pervading Devī; her presence fills the sky and the kṣetra, suggesting immanence beyond form.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• tridaśa (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is both immanent (all-pervading) and transcendent (inconceivable), worthy of universal worship and the ultimate refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda region’s Devī-māhātmya context within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra/namaskāra—offering salutations through praise.