Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

जय देवि जगत्सृष्टे जयैरावति भारति । जयानंते जय जये जय देवि जलाविले

Transliteration

jaya devi jagatsṛṣṭe jayairāvati bhārati | jayānaṃte jaya jaye jaya devi jalāvile

Translation

ജയം, ഹേ ദേവി, ജഗത്സൃഷ്ടികാരിണി! ജയം, ഹേ ഐരാവതി! ജയം, ഹേ ഭാരതി! ജയം, ഹേ അനന്തേ—ജയം ജയം! ജയം, ഹേ ദേവി, ജലരൂപിണി!

Word by Word

• जय: victory! hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/आशीर्वादार्थक-उद्गारः), सम्बोधनार्थे स्तुत्यर्थे च

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• जगत्-सृष्टे: O creator of the world
• जगत्-सृष्टे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सृष्ट (कृदन्त, √सृज् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः सृष्टिः यस्याः/या)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

• ऐरावति: O Airāvatī
• ऐरावति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• भारति: O Bhāratī (Sarasvatī)
• भारति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

• अनन्ते: O Endless One
• अनन्ते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

• जये: O Jayā (Victory personified)
• जये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), स्तुत्यर्थक उद्गारः

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• जल-अविले: O one (present) in turbid waters / O Jalāvilā
• जल-अविले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + अविल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसदृशः (जले अविलः/अविला) इति विशेषणार्थकः नामरूपेण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (jalāvilā-devī association)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (as creatrix, Bhāratī, water-form)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas praise Devī as creatrix and as Bhāratī (goddess of speech), while the sea-waters of Prabhāsa rise in luminous waves forming her silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Airāvatī
• Bhāratī
• Ananta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī is the creatrix and the Infinite; her presence is also recognized in sacred waters that purify and sustain life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, especially its tīrtha-waters implied by the water-epithet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the wording supports water-associated worship such as tīrtha-smaraṇa and stuti during snāna.