Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

सृष्टिस्थिति विनाशानां कर्त्र्यै मात्रे नमोनमः

Transliteration

sṛṣṭisthiti vināśānāṃ kartryai mātre namonamaḥ

Translation

സൃഷ്ടി, സ്ഥിതി, ലയം എന്നിവയുടെ കർത്ത്രിയായ മാതൃദേവിയ്ക്ക് പുനഃപുനഃ നമസ്കാരം।

Word by Word

• सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानाम्: of creation, maintenance, and destruction
• सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि + स्थिति + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (त्रयाणां समाहारः)

• कर्त्र्यै: to the doer (female agent)
• कर्त्र्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• मात्रे: to the Mother
• मात्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Predicate/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय (salutation particle), प्रायः दत्त्यर्थे (to) प्रयुज्यते

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Predicate/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator or devotees (a concluding/inserted salutation verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-group typical frame; exact not specified here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a Gujarati tīrtha offers repeated prostrations to the cosmic Mother, envisioned as the tri-functional power of creation, preservation, and dissolution behind the universe.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛ (Divine Mother/Śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic processes are grounded in the Divine Mother’s power; devotion recognizes her as the ultimate sustaining agency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; it is a general stuti (hymnic salutation).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the act of namaskāra (reverential salutation) is modeled; no further rite is detailed.