Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जय क्षीरोदशयन जय लक्ष्म्या सदा वृत । जय दानवनाशाय जय देवकिनन्दन

Transliteration

jaya kṣīrodaśayana jaya lakṣmyā sadā vṛta | jaya dānavanāśāya jaya devakinandana

Translation

జయము, క్షీరసాగరశయన! జయము, లక్ష్మీదేవితో సదా వృతుడా! జయము, దానవనాశక! జయము, దేవకీనందన!

Word by Word

• जय: victory (hail!)
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle/exclamation)

• क्षीरोदशयन: O one who lies on the Milk-Ocean
• क्षीरोदशयन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर-उद-शयन (प्रातिपदिक; क्षीर=milk + उद=ocean + शयन=lying)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (locative/adhikaraṇa sense: 'in the ocean of milk')

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle/exclamation)

• लक्ष्म्या: by/with Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; 'लक्ष्म्या' = by/with Lakṣmī

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वृत: surrounded/attended
• वृत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत (कृदन्त; √वृ (वृञ्) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; 'surrounded/attended'

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle/exclamation)

• दानवनाशाय: for the destruction of the demons
• दानवनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव-नाश (प्रातिपदिक; दानव=asura + नाश=destruction)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ-दत्तिः (dative of purpose)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle/exclamation)

• देवकिनन्दन: O son of Devakī
• देवकिनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकी-नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; देवकी=Devakī + नन्दन=son)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive relation: 'Devakī's son')

Speaker

Devas

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (typical: sages/śaunaka-type assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas in reverent posture offer ‘jaya’ stuti to Viṣṇu reclining on Ananta upon the Milk Ocean, Lakṣmī at his feet; cosmic calm with hints of impending threat.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa (Devakī-nandana)
• Lakṣmī
• Kṣīroda
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection is invoked through remembrance of the Lord’s attributes—compassion, sovereignty, and power to destroy adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīroda (Milk Ocean) is highlighted through the epithet Kṣīrodaśayana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional praise (jaya-stuti) is performed as the means of approach.