Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 298

Devanagari script

मन्त्रयन्त्रसमोपेता ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु । नित्यरूपा महारूपा सर्वरूपा निरञ्जना

Transliteration

mantrayantrasamopetā brahmaviṣṇuśivādiṣu | nityarūpā mahārūpā sarvarūpā nirañjanā

Translation

അവൾ മന്ത്ര-യന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ സമുപേതയായി ബ്രഹ്മാ, വിഷ്ണു, ശിവൻ മുതലായവരിൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതയാണ്. അവൾ നിത്യരൂപാ, മഹാരൂപാ, സർവ്വരൂപാ, നിരഞ്ജന (കലങ്കരഹിത)യാണ്.

Word by Word

• मन्त्रयन्त्रसमोपेता: endowed with mantras and yantras
• मन्त्रयन्त्रसमोपेता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र-यन्त्र-सम्-उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (उप-इ (धातु) + क्त), ‘सम्’ उपसर्ग; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्रयन्त्रैः समुपेता)

• ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु: among Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, etc.
• ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-विष्णु-शिव-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (ब्रह्मा विष्णुः शिवः) + ‘आदि’; ‘among/in Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, etc.’

• नित्यरूपा: of eternal form
• नित्यरूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• महारूपा: of great form
• महारूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• सर्वरूपा: of all forms
• सर्वरूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• निरञ्जना: stainless, untainted
• निरञ्जना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-अञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्/निर्-उपसर्गार्थे ‘stainless’

Speaker

Narrator (undetermined from snippet; likely within the same Brahmā–Nārada/Gālava narration layer)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī appears as a luminous presence whose body contains Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva as emanations; around her float yantras and mantra syllables, while she remains serene and stainless.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Śiva
• Mantra
• Yantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine Feminine is portrayed as transcendent and all-pervading—present through mantra/yantra power and beyond impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a theological praise within a māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly references mantra and yantra as ritual-spiritual supports, without prescribing a specific rite.