Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ह्रींकारी देवरूपा त्वं क्लींकारी त्वं महाद्युते । आदिमध्यावसाना त्वं त्राहि चास्मान्महाभयात्

Transliteration

hrīṃkārī devarūpā tvaṃ klīṃkārī tvaṃ mahādyute | ādimadhyāvasānā tvaṃ trāhi cāsmānmahābhayāt

Translation

พระองค์ทรงเป็นรูปแห่ง “หรีม” ปรากฏเป็นเทวะ; ทรงเป็น “กลีม” โอ้ผู้รุ่งเรืองยิ่ง พระองค์คือเบื้องต้น กลาง และปลาย—ขอทรงโปรดคุ้มครองเราจากความหวาดกลัวอันใหญ่หลวงด้วยเถิด

Word by Word

• ह्रींकारी: she who utters/embodies ‘hrīṃ’
• ह्रींकारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रीं + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ह्रीं-कारिणी)

• देवरूपा: having divine form
• देवरूपा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (देवस्य रूपम् इव/देवरूपा)

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

• क्लींकारी: she who utters/embodies ‘klīṃ’
• क्लींकारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लीं + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्लीं-कारिणी)

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

• महाद्युते: O greatly radiant one
• महाद्युते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महती द्युतिः यस्याः)

• आदि: beginning
• आदि: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)

• मध्य: middle
• मध्य: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)

• अवसाना: end / conclusion
• अवसाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासाङ्ग-समाहारः (आदि-मध्य-अवसान-युक्ता)

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

• त्राहि: protect
• त्राहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (accusative)

• महाभयात्: from great fear
• महाभयात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative); समासः—कर्मधारयः (महद् भयम्)

Speaker

Viprāḥ (concluding/continuing the hymn)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī blazing with great radiance, letters ‘ह्रीं’ and ‘क्लीं’ appearing as luminous seed-syllables in the aura; a tripartite halo indicating beginning-middle-end; devotees sheltered beneath her abhaya mudrā as darkness of fear recedes.

Characters & Entities

• Hrīṃ (bīja)
• Klīṃ (bīja)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is the mantra-power and the totality of time (beginning–middle–end), approached for refuge and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Dharmāraṇya context; it does not name a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit mantra-upāsanā through remembrance of bīja-syllables (Hrīṃ, Klīṃ) and a protective prayer (trāhi).