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Shloka 26

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

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मीरूपेण संस्थिता ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmīrūpeṇa saṃsthitā / namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระเทวีผู้สถิตในสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวงในรูปแห่งพระลักษมี (สิริมงคลและความมั่งคั่ง)—นอบน้อมแด่พระนาง นอบน้อมแด่พระนาง นอบน้อมแด่พระนาง; นอบน้อมซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า।

who (she)
:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun
devīthe Goddess
devī:
Karta (कर्ता)
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
lakṣmī-rūpeṇain the form of Lakṣmī (fortune)
lakṣmī-rūpeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootlakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter Instrumental (Tṛtīyā) Singular
saṃsthitāis established / abides
saṃsthitā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (स्था धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग); past passive participle (क्त)
FormKṛdanta (kta); Strīliṅga, Prathamā, 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
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)

{ "primaryRasa": "bhakti", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Devī (Mahādevī/Durgā)Lakṣmī (as an aspect of Devī)
Devī as Lakṣmī (Auspicious Fortune)
ShaktismAuspiciousnessProsperityImmanence

FAQs

Prosperity is framed as a divine presence and responsibility; it is to be honored and used in alignment with dharma, not treated as mere acquisition.

Devotional theology within the Purāṇa; not a pancalakṣaṇa passage, but it sacralizes social goods (śrī) as Devī’s manifestation.

Lakṣmī here signifies śrī—harmonious order, coherence, and abundance; inwardly, it can indicate the ‘śrī’ of a balanced mind and favorable karmic alignment.