Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

आकाशरूपसंपन्ने पंचरूपे नमोनमः

Transliteration

ākāśarūpasaṃpanne paṃcarūpe namonamaḥ

Translation

اے آکاش کے روپ سے مزیّن، پنج گونہ صورت والی! تجھے بار بار نمسکار۔

Word by Word

• आकाशरूपसंपन्ने: O (Goddess) endowed with the form of space
• आकाशरूपसंपन्ने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाश (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + संपन्न (कृदन्त, सम्+पद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (addressing/vocative-locative usage)

• पञ्चरूपे: O (one) of five forms
• पञ्चरूपे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः (interjection of salutation)

• नमः: salutation (again)
• नमः: Sambandha/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरुक्तिः (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Lakṣmī (continuation of the mantra-pañcaka stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (as chapter context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers repeated namaskāra to the Goddess envisioned as vast, translucent space, while five radiating aspects/forms appear around her as a mandala.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is all-pervasive (ākāśa-like) and manifests in multiple modes, unifying devotion with cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya sequence within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A concluding salutation within the five-mantra set, suitable for japa or pūjā recitation.