Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अलंकृतभुजा देवी सर्वदेवनमस्कृता । धनं धान्यं सुतान्भोगान्स्वभक्तेभ्यः प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

alaṃkṛtabhujā devī sarvadevanamaskṛtā | dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ sutānbhogānsvabhaktebhyaḥ prayacchati

Translation

അലങ്കൃത ഭുജങ്ങളുള്ള, സർവ്വദേവന്മാരാലും നമസ്കൃതയായ ദേവി തന്റെ ഭക്തർക്കു ധനം, ധാന്യം, സന്താനം, ഭോഗസുഖങ്ങൾ എന്നിവ പ്രസാദിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अलंकृतभुजा: having adorned arms
• अलंकृतभुजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलंकृत (कृदन्त, √कृ/अलङ्कृ) + भुजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वदेवनमस्कृता: revered by all gods
• सर्वदेवनमस्कृता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त, √कृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• धान्यम्: grain
• धान्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सुतान्: sons/children
• सुतान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• स्वभक्तेभ्यः: to her own devotees
• स्वभक्तेभ्यः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), बहुवचन

• प्रयच्छति: gives/bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A richly adorned Devī with ornamented arms, seated in a sanctum/forest shrine, attended by devas offering namaskāra; devotees receive symbols of wealth (coins), grain sheaves, and a child as blessings.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sarva-deva (all gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to the Goddess, honored even by the gods, becomes a source of both worldly well-being and dharmic flourishing for the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage sits within the Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya context, praising the Goddess’s presence and worship connected to Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest-region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed in this verse; it states the fruits (phala) granted by the Goddess to her devotees.