Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रैरनेकैर्भक्त्या च पूजाविधिसमाधिना । जय वाराहि चामुण्डे जय देवि त्रिलोचने

Transliteration

stotrairanekairbhaktyā ca pūjāvidhisamādhinā | jaya vārāhi cāmuṇḍe jaya devi trilocane

Translation

ด้วยบทสรรเสริญนานาประการ ด้วยภักติ และด้วยสมาธิแน่วแน่ในพิธีบูชา พระองค์สรรเสริญว่า “ชัยแด่วาราหี! ชัยแด่จามุณฑา! ชัยแด่เทวีผู้มีเนตรสาม!”

Word by Word

• स्तोत्रैः: with hymns
• स्तोत्रैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अनेकैः: many
• अनेकैः: Karaṇa-viśeṣaṇa (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (स्तोत्रैः)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• पूजाविधिसमाधिना: with concentrated absorption in the ritual procedure of worship
• पूजाविधिसमाधिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + samādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: पूजायाः विधिः (पूजाविधि) तस्य समाधिः/समाधिना; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• जय: victory! hail!
• जय: Sambodhana-prayoga (Exclamatory address/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/विजय-आशीर्वाद): 'victory!' इति

• वाराहि: O Vārāhī
• वाराहि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārāhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• चामुण्डे: O Cāmuṇḍā
• चामुण्डे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmuṇḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• जय: victory! hail!
• जय: Sambodhana-prayoga (Exclamatory address/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार): 'victory!'

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• त्रिलोचने: O three-eyed one
• त्रिलोचने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास: यस्याः त्रीणि लोचनानि सा; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (quoting the king’s praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāmuṇḍā/Vārāhī upāsanā-sthāna (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concentrated pūjā scene: the king chants ‘Jaya’ invocations before the Devī; the icon shows three eyes, fierce radiance, and boar-associated Vārāhī symbolism nearby; offerings arranged symmetrically; the air feels charged with mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Vārāhī
• Cāmuṇḍā
• Trilocanī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship bears fruit when devotion is joined to correct ritual method and inner concentration (samādhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as Devi-stuti within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative; it does not explicitly name a tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of stotras alongside pūjā performed with disciplined attention and concentrated mind.