Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

जय कामप्रदे नित्यं जय त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरि । जय त्रैलोक्य रक्षार्थमुद्यते ह्यकुतोभये

Transliteration

jaya kāmaprade nityaṃ jaya trailokyasundari | jaya trailokya rakṣārthamudyate hyakutobhaye

Translation

“ชัยชนะจงมีแด่พระองค์เนืองนิตย์ ผู้ประทานพรตามปรารถนา ชัยชนะ แด่ความงามแห่งไตรโลก ชัยชนะ แด่พระองค์ผู้ลุกขึ้นเพื่อพิทักษ์ไตรโลก—โอ้ผู้ปราศจากความหวาดหวั่น”

Word by Word

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana-function
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• कामप्रदे: O giver of desires
• कामप्रदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; काम + प्रद)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कामान् प्रददातीति)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण), ‘always’

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana-function
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरि: O beauty of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-सुन्दरि (प्रातिपदिक; त्रैलोक्य + सुन्दरि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रैलोक्ये सुन्दरी)

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana-function
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• त्रैलोक्य: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (रक्षार्थम् इत्यनेन सह)

• रक्षार्थम्: for protection
• रक्षार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रक्षा-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; रक्षा + अर्थ)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (purpose adverbial), ‘for the sake of protection’; मूलतः तत्पुरुष-समास (रक्षायाः अर्थः)

• उद्यते: O ready/upraised one
• उद्यते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘उद्यत’ (raised/ready) विशेषण-रूपेण सम्बोधन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• अकुतोभये: O fearless one
• अकुतोभये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकुतो-भय (प्रातिपदिक; अकुतः + भय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुतोऽपि भयम् न यस्याः सा)

Speaker

Dānava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daitya continues his hymn: Devī as eternal boon-giver and the beauty of the three worlds, rising to protect them, utterly fearless; the battlefield aura shifts into devotional radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is both compassionate (granting boons) and protective (defending the worlds); devotion recognizes both aspects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a stuti within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter; it glorifies Devī’s cosmic role more than a single geographic site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it models devotional recitation (stotra/stuti).