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Shloka 24

Adhyaya 85The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु श्रद्धारूपेण संस्थिता ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śraddhārūpeṇa saṃsthitā / namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ

సర్వభూతములలో శ్రద్ధారూపముగా నివసించు ఆ దేవికి నమస్కారం, నమస్కారం, నమస్కారం; పునఃపునః నమస్కారం।

who (she)
:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun
devīthe Goddess
devī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
sarva-bhūteṣuin all beings
sarva-bhūteṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter Locative (Saptamī) Plural
śraddhā-rūpeṇain the form of faith
śraddhā-rūpeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter Instrumental (Tṛtīyā) Singular
saṃsthitāis established / abides
saṃsthitā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (स्था धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग); past passive participle (क्त)
FormKṛdanta (kta); Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with devī
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
Devī Māhātmya narrative voice (hymnic praise within the Saptashatī frame)

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Devī (Mahādevī/Durgā)
Devī as Śraddhā (Faith)
ShaktismBhaktiŚraddhāImmanence of the Goddess

FAQs

Śraddhā is portrayed as divine energy within all persons; ethical steadiness and spiritual practice become possible when one recognizes faith as sacred rather than merely psychological.

A theological hymn (stuti) complementing Purāṇic instruction; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit, though it supports dharma by grounding it in Devī’s immanence.

Śraddhā functions as the subtle ‘adhikāra-śakti’—the inner eligibility and orientation that turns the mind toward mantra, ritual, and knowledge; salutation acknowledges the source of that inner turning.