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Shloka 24

Adhyaya 85The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु श्रद्धारूपेण संस्थिता ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śraddhārūpeṇa saṃsthitā / namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ

Đối với Nữ Thần ngự trong mọi hữu tình dưới hình tướng của tín tâm—xin đảnh lễ Ngài, xin đảnh lễ Ngài, xin đảnh lễ Ngài; lại nữa, xin đảnh lễ mãi mãi.

who (she)
:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun
devīthe Goddess
devī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
sarva-bhūteṣuin all beings
sarva-bhūteṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter Locative (Saptamī) Plural
śraddhā-rūpeṇain the form of faith
śraddhā-rūpeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter Instrumental (Tṛtīyā) Singular
saṃsthitāis established / abides
saṃsthitā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (स्था धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग); past passive participle (क्त)
FormKṛdanta (kta); Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with devī
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक; निपात-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya; salutation particle
Devī Māhātmya narrative voice (hymnic praise within the Saptashatī frame)

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Devī (Mahādevī/Durgā)
Devī as Śraddhā (Faith)
ShaktismBhaktiŚraddhāImmanence of the Goddess

FAQs

Śraddhā is portrayed as divine energy within all persons; ethical steadiness and spiritual practice become possible when one recognizes faith as sacred rather than merely psychological.

A theological hymn (stuti) complementing Purāṇic instruction; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit, though it supports dharma by grounding it in Devī’s immanence.

Śraddhā functions as the subtle ‘adhikāra-śakti’—the inner eligibility and orientation that turns the mind toward mantra, ritual, and knowledge; salutation acknowledges the source of that inner turning.