Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । जय त्वं देवि चामुंडे जय भूतापहारिणि । जय सर्वगते देवि कालरात्रि नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | jaya tvaṃ devi cāmuṃḍe jaya bhūtāpahāriṇi | jaya sarvagate devi kālarātri namo'stu te

Translation

เหล่าทวยเทพกล่าวว่า: ขอชัยชนะจงมีแด่ท่าน ข้าแต่พระแม่จามุณฑา ขอชัยชนะจงมีแด่ท่าน ผู้ขจัดภูตผีปีศาจ ขอชัยชนะจงมีแด่ท่าน ข้าแต่พระแม่ผู้สถิตทั่วทุกแห่งหน ข้าแต่พระแม่กาลราตรี ขอน้อมไหว้แด่ท่าน

Word by Word

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• jaya: victory (hail!)
• jaya: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; जय-शब्दः (victory-salutation particle; used as exclamation)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• cāmuṇḍe: O Cāmuṇḍā
• cāmuṇḍe: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmuṇḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; जय-शब्दः (salutation particle)

• bhūta-apahāriṇi: O remover of spirits/beings
• bhūta-apahāriṇi: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + apahāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक; from apa-√hṛ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive/determinative: 'of beings/spirits' + 'remover')

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; जय-शब्दः (salutation particle)

• sarvagate: O all-pervading one
• sarvagate: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvagata (प्रातिपदिक; sarva + gata)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (all + gone = all-pervading)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kālarātri: O Kālarātrī
• kālarātri: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālarātrī (प्रातिपदिक; kāla + rātrī)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (time/death + night)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana/Salutation (भावार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमः-शब्दः (salutation particle)

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas chant ‘Jaya’ with folded hands before the fierce Devī; her aura expands to suggest sarvagatatva (all-pervading), while a dark, protective night-halo signifies Kālarātri; shadowy malignant beings dissolve at her presence.

Characters & Entities

• Cāmuṇḍā
• Kālarātri
• Bhūtas
• Devāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is hailed as the all-pervading protector who dispels harmful forces; devotion recognizes her as Time’s sovereign power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the narrative setting for this stuti, implying the kṣetra as a place where fierce protective Devī-worship is especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct model of stuti (praise) and namaskāra (salutation) is given; no specific dāna/snānā rule is stated.