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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

जयाचिंत्य जयामेय जयानंत जयाच्युत । जयामर जयाजेय जयाव्यय सुरेश्वर

jayāciṃtya jayāmeya jayānaṃta jayācyuta | jayāmara jayājeya jayāvyaya sureśvara

جے ہو اے ناقابلِ تصور! جے ہو اے بےپیمانہ! جے ہو اے لامتناہی! جے ہو اے اَچُیُت! جے ہو اے اَمر! جے ہو اے اَجے! جے ہو اے اَویَی—اے دیوتاؤں کے ایشور!

jayahail!
jaya:
Sambodhana-prayoga
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/particle)
aciṃtyaO inconceivable one
aciṃtya:
Sambodhana (Epithet)
TypeAdjective
Roota-ciṃtya (√cint धातु + यत्; नञ्-पूर्वक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्)
jayahail!
jaya:
Sambodhana-prayoga
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/particle)
ameyaO immeasurable one
ameya:
Sambodhana (Epithet)
TypeAdjective
Roota-meya (√mā धातु + यत्; नञ्-पूर्वक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्): 'immeasurable'
jayahail!
jaya:
Sambodhana-prayoga
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/particle)
anantaO endless one
ananta:
Sambodhana (Epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootananta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः
jayahail!
jaya:
Sambodhana-prayoga
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/particle)
acyutaO Acyuta (imperishable one)
acyuta:
Sambodhana (Epithet)
TypeAdjective
Roota-cyuta (√cyu धातु + क्त; नञ्-पूर्वक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (क्त): 'not fallen/imperishable'
jayahail!
jaya:
Sambodhana-prayoga
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/particle)
amaraO immortal one
amara:
Sambodhana (Epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootamara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; 'immortal (god)' as epithet
jayahail!
jaya:
Sambodhana-prayoga
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/particle)
ajeyaO unconquerable one
ajeya:
Sambodhana (Epithet)
TypeAdjective
Roota-jeya (√ji धातु + यत्; नञ्-पूर्वक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्): 'unconquerable'
jayahail!
jaya:
Sambodhana-prayoga
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/particle)
avyayaO imperishable one
avyaya:
Sambodhana (Epithet)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyaya (√i/√vyay?; प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-पूर्वक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण: 'imperishable/unchanging'
sureśvaraO Lord of the gods
sureśvara:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सुराणाम् ईश्वरः = 'Lord of the gods'

Viśvāmitra

Type: kshetra

Listener: Sureshvara (the Lord addressed)

Scene: A radiant, cosmic Lord addressed as inconceivable and endless; the background can suggest infinity—starry sky, expanding halo—while the sage continues the ‘jaya’ litany.

V
Viśvāmitra
S
Sureśvara (Lord of the gods)

FAQs

The Supreme is limitless and indestructible; remembering these epithets steadies faith and dissolves fear.

The verse is a universal stuti embedded in a tīrtha-glorification chapter; the immediate tīrtha context comes from the surrounding narration in Adhyāya 6.

No direct prescription; the verse itself is a litany of divine names, appropriate for nāma-japa.