Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

सृष्टिस्थिति विनाशानां कर्त्र्यै मात्रे नमोनमः

Transliteration

sṛṣṭisthiti vināśānāṃ kartryai mātre namonamaḥ

Translation

تخلیق، بقا اور فنا کی کرنے والی ماں کو بار بار سجدۂ تعظیم۔

Word by Word

• सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानाम्: of creation, maintenance, and destruction
• सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि + स्थिति + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (त्रयाणां समाहारः)

• कर्त्र्यै: to the doer (female agent)
• कर्त्र्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• मात्रे: to the Mother
• मात्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Predicate/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय (salutation particle), प्रायः दत्त्यर्थे (to) प्रयुज्यते

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Predicate/Salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator or devotees (a concluding/inserted salutation verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-group typical frame; exact not specified here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a Gujarati tīrtha offers repeated prostrations to the cosmic Mother, envisioned as the tri-functional power of creation, preservation, and dissolution behind the universe.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛ (Divine Mother/Śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic processes are grounded in the Divine Mother’s power; devotion recognizes her as the ultimate sustaining agency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; it is a general stuti (hymnic salutation).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the act of namaskāra (reverential salutation) is modeled; no further rite is detailed.