Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

सतां शरणदाभ्यां च पद्भ्यां नूपुरराजिता । जयेति पुष्पवर्षैश्च शक्राद्यैरभिपूजिता

Transliteration

satāṃ śaraṇadābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ nūpurarājitā | jayeti puṣpavarṣaiśca śakrādyairabhipūjitā

Translation

Với đôi chân ban nơi nương tựa cho bậc hiền thiện, được trang sức bằng vòng chân sáng ngời, Mẹ được Indra và chư thiên khác tôn thờ; họ hô “Chiến thắng!” và rải mưa hoa cúng dường.

Word by Word

• satām: of the virtuous
• satām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Genitive plural ‘of the good/virtuous’

• śaraṇadābhyām: by the two refuge-giving (ones)
• śaraṇadābhyām: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaraṇa-dā (प्रातिपदिक; शरण + दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), द्विवचन; Instrumental dual; ‘by the two (feet) that grant refuge’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’

• padbhyām: by/with (her) two feet
• padbhyām: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), द्विवचन; Instrumental dual ‘with/by (two) feet’

• nūpurarājitā: adorned with anklets
• nūpurarājitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nūpura-rājita (प्रातिपदिक; नूपुर + राजित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular; ‘adorned by anklets’

• jaya: victory
• jaya: Sambodhana (Vocative/exclamation/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used as संबोधन/उद्गार in quotation ‘victory!’

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha (Quotation marker/वाक्यार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; quotative particle ‘thus’

• puṣpavarṣaiḥ: with flower-showers
• puṣpavarṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa-varṣa (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्प + वर्ष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural ‘with showers of flowers’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’

• śakrādyaiḥ: by Indra and others
• śakrādyaiḥ: Kartṛ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra-ādi (प्रातिपदिक; शक्र + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural ‘by Indra and others’

• abhipūjitā: was worshipped
• abhipūjitā: Karmaṇi-bhāva (Passive predicate/कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-pūj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘honoured/worshipped’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī stands/appears with anklets gleaming; Indra and other gods surround her, crying ‘Jaya!’ while a rain of flowers descends from above, forming a celebratory canopy.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavatī (Devī)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Taking refuge in the Devī is praised as the highest safety for the virtuous; even the gods honor her supremacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies Devī’s refuge-granting nature in a pan-Puranic frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering flowers (puṣpāñjali/puṣpavarṣa) and chanting victory-cries are shown as modes of worship.