Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

वैष्णवी त्वं महादेवी ब्रह्माणी त्वं वरानने । कुमारी त्वं महाभागे भक्तिः श्रद्धा तथैव च

Transliteration

vaiṣṇavī tvaṃ mahādevī brahmāṇī tvaṃ varānane | kumārī tvaṃ mahābhāge bhaktiḥ śraddhā tathaiva ca

Translation

โอ้มหาเทวี ท่านคือไวษณวี โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งาม ท่านคือพรหมาณี โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง ท่านคือกุมารี และท่านคือภักติและศรัทธาด้วย

Word by Word

• वैष्णवी: Vaiṣṇavī (Viṣṇu’s power)
• वैष्णवी: Pradhāna-predicative (Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानााधिकरण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महादेवी: the great goddess
• महादेवी: Pradhāna-predicative (Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—महा देवी (great goddess)

• ब्रह्माणी: Brahmāṇī (Brahmā’s power)
• ब्रह्माणी: Pradhāna-predicative (Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानााधिकरण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कुमारी: the maiden (Kumārī)
• कुमारी: Pradhāna-predicative (Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानााधिकरण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाभागे: O most fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक: महा + भाग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Pradhāna-predicative (Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानााधिकरण

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Pradhāna-predicative (Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानााधिकरण

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चयार्थ (so/likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Brahmā (Parameṣṭhin) addressing the Devī (Kapilā/Parameśvarī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is envisioned as a triadic convergence—Vaiṣṇavī (chakra/lotus aura), Brāhmī (veda/mantra aura), Kumārī (youthful maiden power)—while also radiating bhakti and śraddhā as luminous attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiṣṇavī
• Mahādevī
• Brahmāṇī
• Kumārī
• Bhakti
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) and faith (śraddhā) are not merely human qualities but divine powers of the Goddess present in multiple cosmic forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative frame, but it praises Devī’s forms rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction appears; the verse is part of a devotional eulogy.