Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

जय विश्वेश्वरे गंगे जय सर्वार्थसिद्धिदे । जय ब्रह्माणि कौमारि जय नारायणीश्वरि

Transliteration

jaya viśveśvare gaṃge jaya sarvārthasiddhide | jaya brahmāṇi kaumāri jaya nārāyaṇīśvari

Translation

Vitória a Ti, ó Gaṅgā, Senhora do Senhor do Universo; vitória a Ti que concedes a realização de todos os propósitos. Vitória a Ti, ó Brahmāṇī, ó Kaumārī; vitória a Ti, ó Nārāyaṇī, Deusa soberana.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक निपात

• विश्वेश्वरे: O Lord/Lady of the universe
• विश्वेश्वरे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विश्वस्य ईश्वरः/ईश्वरी’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• गंगे: O Ganga
• गंगे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक निपात

• सर्वार्थसिद्धिदे: O Giver of success in all aims
• सर्वार्थसिद्धिदे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषाम् अर्थानाम् सिद्धिं ददाति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक निपात

• ब्रह्माणि: O Brahmāṇī
• ब्रह्माणि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कौमारि: O Kaumārī
• कौमारि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक निपात

• नारायणीश्वरि: O Nārāyaṇī, O Sovereign Lady
• नारायणीश्वरि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणी (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘नारायणी च सा ईश्वरी च’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (invoking Gaṅgā-śakti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (as Gaṅgā-Viśveśvarī; Brahmāṇī/Kaumārī/Nārāyaṇī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas acclaim Gaṅgā as Viśveśvarī and salute the Mātṛkā forms—Brahmāṇī, Kaumārī, Nārāyaṇī—appearing as a unified Devī with multiple emblems.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Viśveśvara
• Brahmāṇī
• Kaumārī
• Nārāyaṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All divine powers—Gaṅgā and the Mātr̥kās—are revered as one sovereign Devī who grants both worldly aims and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa Tīrtha), within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; it functions as a jaya-mantra style stuti suitable for japa and praise at the tīrtha.