Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

शृङ्गयोः पर्वताः सर्वे कर्णयोर्वायवस्तथा । नाभौ चैवामृतं देवि पातालानि खुरास्तथा

Transliteration

śṛṅgayoḥ parvatāḥ sarve karṇayorvāyavastathā | nābhau caivāmṛtaṃ devi pātālāni khurāstathā

Translation

Все горы — твои рога; ветры — твои уши. В твоём пупке, о Деви, пребывает амрита — нектар бессмертия; а Паталы — также твои копыта.

Word by Word

• शृङ्गयोः: of/in the two horns
• शृङ्गयोः: Adhikarana/Relation (अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्विवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी (Gen/Loc)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Adjective of parvatāḥ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• कर्णयोः: of/in the two ears
• कर्णयोः: Adhikarana/Relation (अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्विवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी (Gen/Loc)

• वायवः: winds
• वायवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Discourse marker (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘likewise/also’

• नाभौ: in the navel
• नाभौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (Locative)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपातः ‘indeed/just’

• अमृतम्: nectar/ambrosia
• अमृतम्: Karta/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सम्बोधन (Vocative)

• पातालानि: netherworlds
• पातालानि: Karta/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc)

• खुराः: hooves
• खुराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Discourse marker (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘likewise/also’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual stuti within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely a devotee/sage praising Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity as a cosmic bovine/Devī: mountains rising as horns, winds personified as ear-spirits, a glowing amṛta-kalaśa at the navel, and shadowy pātāla realms depicted as hooves touching subterranean worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Mountains
• Vāyus (winds)
• Amṛta
• Pātālas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī contains all realms—upper, middle, and nether—and even immortality’s nectar; reverence to her is reverence to the whole sacred cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports a tīrtha narrative by mapping sacred geography onto Devī’s form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive cosmological stuti.