Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

जयोमे सिद्धिमांगल्ये हरसिद्धे नमोस्तु ते । जयापर्णे जयानन्दे महिषाऽसुरघातिनि

Transliteration

jayome siddhimāṃgalye harasiddhe namostu te | jayāparṇe jayānande mahiṣā'suraghātini

Translation

ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ സിദ്ധി-മാംഗല്യദായിനീ; ഹേ ഹരസിദ്ധേ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ ജയാപർണേ; ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ ജയാനന്ദേ; ഹേ മഹിഷാസുരഘാതിനീ, ജയം നിനക്കേ॥

Word by Word

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मे: my / for me
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) एकवचन; मम (of me)

• सिद्धि-माङ्गल्ये: O Siddhi and Maṅgalya
• सिद्धि-माङ्गल्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + माङ्गल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (सिद्धिश्च माङ्गल्यं च) नामरूपेण

• हर-सिद्धे: O Harasiddhā (Śiva’s power/attainment)
• हर-सिद्धे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धा (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्तार्थ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हरस्य सिद्धिः/सिद्धा)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रायः (नमः इति नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः), प्रायः चतुर्थ्यर्थे प्रयोगः

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4) एकवचन; तुभ्यम् (to you)

• जय-अपर्णे: hail, O Aparṇā
• जय-अपर्णे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात) + अपर्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; पूर्वपद 'जय' उद्गारः (सन्धिः)

• जय-आनन्दे: hail, O Ānandā
• जय-आनन्दे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात) + आनन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; पूर्वपद 'जय' उद्गारः (सन्धिः)

• महिषा-असुर-घातिनि: O slayer of the buffalo-demon (Mahiṣāsura)
• महिषा-असुर-घातिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + घातिनी (प्रातिपदिक; √हन्/√घात् अर्थे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषपरम्परा: (महिषासुरं घातयति या)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Harasiddhā invoked)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī as Mahiṣāsura-mardinī stands triumphant, one foot on the buffalo demon; above her, the name ‘Harasiddhā’ is symbolized by Śiva’s crescent and Devī’s boon-giving hand; pilgrims at Prabhāsa chant for siddhi and auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Harasiddhā
• Aparṇā
• Mahiṣāsura
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī grants auspicious success (siddhi, maṅgala) and destroys inner and outer ‘asura’ tendencies symbolized by Mahiṣāsura.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the hymn also echoes pan-Indian Devī reverence through names like Harasiddhā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct salutation (namas) and victory-invocation suited to devotional recitation and nāma-smaraṇa.